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Weaving

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈwiːvɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The process of making woven material on a loom.
  2. A surname.
  3. A piece of such material.
  4. An unsteady back and forth motion.

Equivalents

27 more languages
العربيةالنسج
Българскитъ́кан
Češtinatkaní
Ελληνικάύφανση
Esperantoteksado
Gaeilge
Bahasa Indonesiamenganyam
Íslenskavefnaður
Italianotessitura
日本語織り
Kurdîfi
മലയാളംനെയ്ത്ത്
Nederlandsweven
Portuguêstecelagem
Svenskavävning
Kiswahiliufumaji
தமிழ்நெசவு
Türkçedokumanesiç
Українськаткацтво

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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