weave

weave
weave
A n tissage m ; open weave, loose weave tissage lâche ; close weave, fine weave tissage serré or fin.
B vtr (prét wove ou weaved ; pp woven ou weaved)
1 Tex tisser [thread, fabric, blanket, rug] ; to weave sth on a loom tisser qch sur un métier ; to weave silk into cloth, to weave cloth out of silk tisser de l'étoffe de soie ;
2 (interlace, make by interlacing) tresser [cane, raffia, flowers, basket, garland, wreath] ; [spider] tisser [web] ; to weave sth out of sth tresser qch de qch ; to weave flowers into a garland tresser une guirlande de fleurs ;
3 fig (create) inventer [story, narrative, plot] ; to weave the plot around one's own experience inventer l'intrigue à partir de sa propre expérience ; to weave sth into sth introduire qch dans qch ; to weave together sth and sth mêler qch à qch ; to weave two things together mêler deux choses ; the writer weaves a spell l'écrivain nous tient sous le charme ;
4 (move) to weave one's way through/around sth se faufiler entre/autour de qch ; to weave a path/course through sth s'ouvrir un chemin/un passage à travers qch.
C vi (prét wove ou weaved ; pp woven ou weaved) to weave in and out se faufiler (of entre) ; he was weaving in and out of the traffic il se faufilait entre les voitures ; to weave between se faufiler entre ; to weave towards sth (drunk) s'approcher en titubant de qch ; (avoiding obstacles) se frayer un chemin vers qch ; he was weaving unsteadily il titubait.
D woven pp adj [fabric, cloth, jacket, upholstery] tissé.
Idioms
to get weaving on ou with sth se mettre à qch ; get weaving! remue-toi!

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