Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weaving

/ˈwiːvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: weav-ing
IPA: /ˈwiːvɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of making woven material on a loom.

Uncountable

noun

A piece of such material.

Countable

noun

An unsteady back and forth motion.

Countable

noun

The uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of weave

name

Example Sentences

"In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends."
"Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal."
"The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic"

Usage

Inflected Forms

weavings (plural)

Derived Forms

basketweaving

Phrases

Chilkat weaving figure weaving finger weaving lentil-weaving underwater basket weaving

Rhymes With

leaving receiving believing achieving grieving relieving deceiving self-deceiving retrieving heaving perceiving conceiving

Questions

How do you pronounce weaving?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːvɪŋ/.
What does weaving mean?: The process of making woven material on a loom.

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