Meanings
weaving1
plural weavings
- countableA piece of such material.
In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends.
2007 September 28, Holland Cotter, “Lenore Tawney, an Innovator in Weaving, Dies at 100”, in New York Times - countableAn unsteady back and forth motion.
Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal.
1980, David Madsen, Black Plume - uncountableThe uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of weave
The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic
comparative more weaving · superlative most weaving
Weaving2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Bulgarian тъкане, тъкачество
- тъкане (tăkane)process of making woven material
- тъкачество (tăkačestvo)process of making woven material
- тъкан (tăkan)piece of such material
- люлеене (ljuleene)unsteady back and forth motion
- клатене (klatene)unsteady back and forth motion
- люшкане (ljuškane)unsteady back and forth motion
- клатушкане (klatuškane)unsteady back and forth motion
Catalan tissatge, teixidura
- tissatgeprocess of making woven material
- teixiduraprocess of making woven material
Chinese Mandarin 梭織 /梭织, 機織 /机织
- 梭織 /梭织 (suōzhī)process of making woven material
- 機織 /机织 (jīzhī)process of making woven material
Czech tkaní
- tkaníprocess of making woven material
Danish vævning
- vævningprocess of making woven material
Dutch weven
- wevenprocess of making woven material
Esperanto teksado
- teksadoprocess of making woven material
Finnish kutominen, kudonnainen
- kutominenprocess of making woven material
- kudonnainenpiece of such material
- horjahteluunsteady back and forth motion
French tissage
- tissageprocess of making woven material
German Webstück
- Webstückpiece of such material
Greek ύφανση, υφαντική
- ύφανση (ýfansi)process of making woven material
- υφαντική (yfantikí)process of making woven material
Hindi बुनाई
- बुनाई (bunāī)process of making woven material
Icelandic vefnaður, vefnaður
- vefnaðurprocess of making woven material
- vefnaðurpiece of such material
Indonesian menganyam
- menganyamprocess of making woven material
Irish fí
- fíprocess of making woven material
Italian tessitura
- tessituraprocess of making woven material
Japanese 織り
- 織り (ori)process of making woven material
Norwegian Bokmål veving
- vevingprocess of making woven material
Polish tkactwo
- tkactwoprocess of making woven material
Portuguese tecelagem
- tecelagemprocess of making woven material
Spanish tejido, tejido
- tejidoprocess of making woven material
- tejidopiece of such material
- tejimientopiece of such material
- zigzagueounsteady back and forth motion
- serpenteounsteady back and forth motion
- culebreounsteady back and forth motion
Swahili ufumaji
- ufumajiprocess of making woven material
Tamil நெசவு, தள்ளாட்டம்
- நெசவு (necavu)process of making woven material
- தள்ளாட்டம் (taḷḷāṭṭam)unsteady back and forth motion
Turkish dokuma, nesiç
- dokumaprocess of making woven material
- nesiçprocess of making woven material
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with weaving
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weaving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaving
“weaving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaving. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaving,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaving.
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