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weave | false |

As a verb weave

is to form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another or weave can be to move by turning and twisting.

As a noun weave

is a type or way of weaving.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

weave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , Swedish '' .

Verb

  • To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
  • This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
  • To spin a cocoon or a web.
  • Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
  • To unite by close connection or intermixture.
  • * Shakespeare
  • This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
  • * Byron
  • these words, thus woven into song
  • To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
  • to weave the plot of a story

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type or way of weaving.
  • That rug has a very tight weave .
  • Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
  • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) veifa'' ‘move around, wave’, related to Latin ''vibrare .

    Verb

    (weav)
  • To move by turning and twisting.
  • The drunk weaved into another bar.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Man City 4 - 3 Wolves , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Tevez picked up a throw-in from the right, tip-toed his way into the area and weaved past three Wolves challenges before slotting in to display why, of all City's multi-million pound buys, he remains their most important player. }}
  • To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
  • The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
  • * Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Weave a circle round him thrice.

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
  • , title= A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society , section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

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