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Wove vs Wole - What's the difference?

wove | wole |

As a verb wove

is simple past of weave.

As an adjective wole is

obsolete spelling of lang=en.

wove

English

Verb

(head)
  • (weave)
    • She wove a beautiful basket out of reeds.

    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
    Related terms
    * (l)

    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

    wole

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1872, author=William Still, title=The Underground Railroad, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I war sory to hear that My brother war sol i am glad that i did come away when i did god works all the things for the Best he is young he may get a long in the wole May god Bless hem ef you have any News from Petersburg Va Plas Rite me a word when you anser this Letter and ef any person came form home Letter Me know. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1685, author=Robert May, title=The accomplisht cook, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=To make Pig Brawn Take a white or red Pig, for a spotted one is not so handsome, take a good large fat one, and being scalded and drawn bone it whole, but first cut off the head and the hinder quarters, (and leave the bone in the hinder quarters) the rest being boned cut it into 2 collars overwart both the sides, or bone the wole Pig but only the head: then wash them in divers-waters, and let it soak in clean water two hours, the bloud being well soaked out, take them and dry the collars in a clean cloth, and season them in the inside with minced lemon-peel and salt, roul them up, & put them into fine clean clouts, but first make your collars very equal at both ends, round and even, bind them up at the ends and middle hard & close with packthred; then let your Pan boil, and put in the collars, boil them with water and salt, and keep it filled up with warm water as you do the brawn, scum off the fat very clean, and being tender boil'd put them in a hoop as deep as the collar, bind it and frame it even, being cold put it into your souce drink made of whey and salt, or oatmeal boil'd and strained, then put them in a pipkin or little barrel, and stop them close from the air. }} ----