very fine and closely woven silk
The theme of exploitation is inextricably woven into the fabric of her fiction.
The three short stories were woven together into a movie.
The moon is woven into the story as a symbol of death.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
Woven — Wov en, p. p. of {Weave}. [1913 Webster] {Woven paper}, or {Wove paper}, writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woven — index compound Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
woven — (adj.) late 15c., from pp. of WEAVE (Cf. weave) on analogy of STOLEN (Cf. stolen) … Etymology dictionary
woven — [wō′vən] vt., vi. alt. pp. of WEAVE adj. produced by weaving n. a fabric produced by weaving usually used in pl … English World dictionary
Woven — A woven is a cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic. Woven cloth usually frays at the edges, unless measures are taken to counter this, such as the… … Wikipedia
woven — in·woven; non·woven; un·woven; woven; … English syllables
Woven — Weave Weave (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woven — 1. adjective /ˈwəʊvn/ a) Fabricated by weaving. Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof. b) Interlaced The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving. 2. noun /ˈwəʊvn/ A cloth formed by … Wiktionary
woven — wo|ven1 [ wouvən ] adjective woven cloth is made by crossing THREADS over and under each other woven wo|ven 2 the past participle of weave1 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
woven — I. past participle of weave II. noun Date: 1930 a woven fabric … New Collegiate Dictionary
