Definitions for woven

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woven wo·ven

Spelling: [woh-vuh n]

IPA: /ˈwoʊ vən/

Woven is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in woven (enovw).

Definitions for woven

noun

1. a pattern of or method for interlacing yarns.
2. hairweave (defs 1, 2).

verb

1. a past participle of weave.

verb (used with object)

1. to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
2. to form by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material:
3. to form by combining various elements or details into a connected whole:
4. to introduce as an element or detail into a connected whole (usually followed by in or into):
5. to direct or move along in a winding or zigzag course; move from side to side, especially to avoid obstructions:

verb (used without object)

1. to form or construct something, as fabric, by interlacing threads, yarns, strips, etc.
2. to compose a connected whole by combining various elements or details.
3. to be or become formed or composed from the interlacing of materials or the combining of various elements:
4. to move or proceed in a winding course or from side to side:

Origin of woven

before 900; Middle English weven, Old English wefan; cognate with German weben, Old Norse vefa; see web

Examples for woven

woven into the very fabric of its characters, Masters uses sex to broach bigger topics.

Of this warp and woof have all the strange patterns of Spanish life been woven.

They are woven all over with lichens, and the blackberry binds them fast.

It was the trap, ever the trap, the fear of it lurking deep in the life of him, woven into the fibre of him.

The genii of the East have woven this banner from the rays of benignant stars.

This tapestry was woven in Flanders in about 1500  for a noble French client.

It may be sold by the spinner to the weaver or it may be woven in the mill in which it is spun.

But woven throughout the collection were the beautiful scarves used in a variety of ways.

His Oxford shirts and matching boxers are, needless to say, woven.

Its chain is woven with leather, giving the bag, as Woolstenhulme describes it, an “evening, glamour look.”