Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wove

/woʊv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: wove
IPA: /woʊv/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of weave

verb

past participle of weave

Colloquial

adj

made on a mould of closely woven wire

Example Sentences

"She wove a beautiful basket out of reeds."
"One might have wove Stuffs with it, had it been prepar'd."
"[…]and the pearls which they have wove among her black tresses, were whiter than the frozen hail drops."
"[…]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"

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /wəʊv/

Usage

Colloquial

Frequently Paired Words

wirewove

Rhymes With

nov drove grove stove cove trove hove gove clove rove tov strove

Questions

How do you pronounce wove?: The recorded pronunciation is /woʊv/.
What does wove mean?: simple past of weave

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