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wove

UK/wəʊv/UK/woʊv/

adjective

made on a mould of closely woven wire

“She wove a beautiful basket out of reeds.”

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Meanings

verb

pastsimple past of weave
She wove a beautiful basket out of reeds.
colloquialnonstandardparticiplepastpast participle of weave
One might have wove Stuffs with it, had it been prepar'd.
1701, Francis Leguat, A new voyage to the Eaſt-Indies by Francis Leguat and his companions […] , page 61
2 more examples
[…]and the pearls which they have wove among her black tresses, were whiter than the frozen hail drops.
1823, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, page 187
[…]enlisting as soldiers, during the late war, who, had they stuck to their looms, would have wove, at least, 50 pounds worth of cloth each in the year
2005, W. H. Crawford, The Impact of the Domestic Linen Industry in Ulster, Ulster Historical Foundation, →ISBN, page 185

adjectivewove (not comparable)

not comparablemade on a mould of closely woven wire

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wove

grove cove drove stove dove rove hove shove trove clove mauve Jove gove shrove Arnold's Cove belove Bird Cove Bishop's Cove Brent's Cove Bryant's Cove byhove Chance Cove Coachman's Cove Cox's Cove

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APA

wove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wove

MLA

“wove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wove. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wove,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wove.

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