WEAVES Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

weaves

verb

present tense third-person singular of weave

as in twists

to cause to twine about one another as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark

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as in intersperses

to scatter or set here and there among other things a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth

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as in ducks

to move suddenly aside or to and fro a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed

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Recent Examples of weaves Filled with dark humor, Zhang’s satire slyly weaves in observations about race, privilege, and social media. —

Literary Hub, 19 May 2026 The film weaves together two parallel narratives across two time periods. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 May 2026 The result, a collaboration with Joseph Shirley — whose composer credits include The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Creed III — is a beautiful, winding soundtrack that weaves between whistling, clapping Americana, gospel-like hymns and spiritual delta blues. —

Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026 As Tangorra weaves her tale of love and loss, family, friendship and immense grief, there is lots of humor, and plenty of lasagna. —

Restaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 Sarah George is the pastry chef at The Palmerston—a beloved Edinburgh restaurant—who seamlessly weaves whisky into classic recipes. —

Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 A lot of that scale is built not so much horizontally, but vertically, thanks to a recreation of the legendary Shuto Expressway that weaves through and above the metropolis. —

Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026 The dusty path weaves between spiky yucca, twisted shrubs and towering sandstone formations of rusty hues. —

Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026 The show weaves between four Nigerian-British women in their thirties, navigating careers, love and family in present day London. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2026

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In the entrance hall, Viola’s video Bodies of Light plays next to a staircase that twists upwards like a ribbon.

— Fanny Guénon des Mesnards, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2026
In this cheeky iteration, romance will meet reality as the Islanders are faced with both team and couples’ challenges, all while navigating dating, eliminations, recoupling, dramatic arrivals, and new competition twists and turns that help control the game like never before.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 May 2026