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# weaving

noun (weaving; uncountable; a weaving — a woven piece); verb form (-ing form of weave: weave, weaves, wove/weaved, woven/weaved, weaving)

«weaving» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Weaving is making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#m1)
2. A weaving is a piece of cloth or art made this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#m2)
3. Weaving means moving in and out between things, like a car or runner going around others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#m3)
4. Weaving can also mean making a magic spell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used in art and history lessons (looms, the Industrial Revolution, Aboriginal and Māori weaving with flax), in science (birds weaving nests), and in action descriptions (weaving through traffic).

### Examples

- We did paper weaving in art class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x1)
- Weaving was done by hand before the factories came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x2)
- Māori weaving uses flax from New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x3)
- The weaver bird is weaving a nest of grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x4)
- The cyclist was weaving through the traffic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x5)
- She hung her weaving on the classroom wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x6)
- The footballer went weaving past three defenders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x7)
- But it was enchantment they were weaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/#x8)

### Note

For cloth the past is «wove», «woven»; for moving in and out it is usually «weaved»: «He weaved through the crowd». Do not confuse with «waving» (moving your hand).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «weaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weaving/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«weaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weaving.html) on Mova free.