adj
Meaning 1
Fabricated by weaving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
woven
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwəʊ.vən/
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General-American: /ˈwoʊ.vən/
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rhymes with -əʊvən
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adj
Meaning 2
Interlaced
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
past participle of weave
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- The spider had woven her web on a corner of the attic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- woven fabrics
- woven baskets
- the incidents woven into the story
- folk songs woven into a symphony
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unwoven
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: geweven — fabricated by weaving
- French: tissé — fabricated by weaving
- Galician: tecido — fabricated by weaving
- Galician: teaxe — fabricated by weaving
- Galician: téximo — fabricated by weaving
- German: gewoben — fabricated by weaving
- Ancient Greek: ὑφαντός (huphantós) — fabricated by weaving
- Interlingua: texite — fabricated by weaving
- Irish: fite — fabricated by weaving
- Italian: tessuto — fabricated by weaving
- Italian: intessuto — fabricated by weaving
- Latin: textus — fabricated by weaving
- Latin: nētus — fabricated by weaving
- Māori: whatuwhatu — fabricated by weaving
- Occitan: teissut — fabricated by weaving
- Occitan: teissuda — fabricated by weaving
- Portuguese: tecido — fabricated by weaving
- Spanish: tejido — fabricated by weaving
- Tagalog: lala — fabricated by weaving
Real reading context