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 Artist Lauren Halsey recently opened a large-scale sculpture park in South Los Angeles that similarly weaves together art, public space and community programming. —

Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 The 20-track LP serves as equal parts music and cinema in which Crockett weaves a tale of McLane as a cattle rustler on the run from the law who — eventually — gets his redemption. —

Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026 Simeon drew from his experience cooking for his wife, four kids, and restaurant community during the pandemic and weaves in personal stories of resilience and connection through food, including rebuilding the community after the 2023 Lahaina wildfires. —

Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026 The show weaves two parallel narratives with offbeat humor and an unexpected heartwarming realism. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026 Matthew Fogel’s screenplay, which mostly pays lavish fan service to its inspiration, also weaves in a few emotional elements. —

Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026 Stanley also weaves in a look at the 1980s — a time that seems so long ago and yet also, for some, like yesterday. —

Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026 As drivers make their way along Interstate 17, a familiar landmark of towers and looping tracks rises into view that weaves itself into the rhythm of countless daily commutes. —

Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, her longtime producer, John Parrish, weaves a wicker basket of folk rock that, despite its apparent simplicity, feels—maybe for the first time—capacious enough to hold all of Harding’s contradictions. —

Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026

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In place of drums is a constant floor of undulating synth bass, which sometimes twists itself into the treble range but mostly functions as the x-axis to the percussion’s y in the vast lattice structure that supports this music.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
Within minutes of leaving town, the pavement twists downward through tight turns and steep grades as the mountain air begins to warm, the vegetation giving way to chaparral and scattered juniper, then to the stark silhouettes of ocotillo and Mojave yucca.

— Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026