weave

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This method guarantees that the weight of the weave is light and negligible, the weft is thin and not bulky on the head, the hair will not tangle at the tips and the weave-on will have a flat and flawless finish that makes it undetectable.

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  1. transitive verb To make (cloth) by interlacing the threads of the weft and the warp on a loom.
  2. transitive verb To interlace (threads, for example) into cloth.
  3. transitive verb To construct by interlacing or interweaving strips or strands of material: weave a basket.

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texture ·  fabric ·  embroidery ·  wool ·  mesh ·  strand ·  fibers ·  stitch ·  tapestry ·  filament ·  shawl ·  yarn

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weave:   weaves ·  wove ·  weaving ·  woven
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  1. Middle English weven, from Old English wefan; see webh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English weven (preterit waf, wof, plural weven, woven, pp.woven), from Anglo-Saxon wefan (preterit wæf, past participle wefen) = Middle Dutch, Dutch weven = Old High German weban, Middle High German G. weben = Icelandic vefa = Swedish väfva = Danish væve, weave (connection with Gothic (Moesogothic) bi-waibjan, wrap around, is doubtful), = Greekὑφ (orig. ✓ Ναφ), in ὑφή,ν(/φος, a web, ν(φαίνειν, weave; cf. Sanskrit ūrna-vābhi, a spider, literally ‘wool-weaver’ Sanskritva, weave, also Lithuanian woras, a spinner, spider. From the root of weave are ult. English web, weft, woof, oof, abb, etc.
  2. from weave, v.
  3. Also weve; from Middle English weven (preterit wevede, wefde, past participle weved), from Anglo-Saxon *wǣfan (in comp. be-wæmacr;fan, wrap around, clothe, = Old High German zeweiban = Gothic (Moesogothic) bi-waibjan, wrap around, cover, mixed with the apparently cognate Icelandic veifa), shake, vibrate, wave: see wave.
 

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