wove

Made cloth once

Wove is the past tense of weave.

A weaver wove cloth on a loom; a storyteller wove tales.

She wove through traffic on her bicycle.

Wove paper has a uniform surface without visible lines, made on a finely woven wire mesh—distinguished from laid paper, which shows parallel lines.

textile

loom

Fabric-making frame

  • weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
  • weaverThread-interlacing craftsperson
  • weftCrosswise loom threads

warp · thread · yarn · shuttle · bobbin · handloom · tapestry · fabric · cloth · silk

narrative

storyline

Sequence of fictional events

  • plotStoryline or land parcel
  • threadsTwisted fiber strands
  • taleSpoken or written narrative

yarn · tapestry · intertwined · layered · backstory · subplot · arc · foreshadowing · chronicle · saga

craft

handmade

Created manually, not mechanically

macrame · knitting · crochet · embroidery · quilting · needlework · lacework · braiding · plaiting · fiber arts

movement

threaded

Passed through an opening

snaked · zigzagged · darted · dodged · swerved · meandered · twisted · curved

pattern

interlaced

Woven together crosswise

interlocking · crisscrossed · latticed · braided · plaited · interconnected · entangled · knotted · threaded · serpentine

Categories
Opposites
construction vs. deconstruction

woveunraveled

Came undone or solved

unwove · tore apart · ripped · unthreaded · shredded

integration vs. separation

woveseparated

Put or kept apart

disentangled · untangled · scattered · dispersed · disintegrated

textile construction method

woveknitted

Made by looping yarn

crocheted · felted · braided · knotted · sewn

Phrases
Family

woven, unwoven, rewoven, rewove

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G