woven

Everyday

1. Made by weaving: crossing threads, strips or stems over and under each other. tree →
2. (of a story or ideas) Joined together closely: a story woven from many tales. tree →

In the lessons

In design and technology and history: woven cloth, woven baskets, woven mats. In stories: a spider has woven a web; ideas are woven together. Tells the reader how something was made.

Examples

• The basket was woven from willow. tree →
• The spider had woven a huge web overnight. tree →
• We made a woven mat from strips of paper in art. tree →
• This scarf is woven from wool. tree →
• Many old tales are woven into the book. tree →
• A woven pattern goes over, under, over, under. tree →
• He wore a loin cloth of woven sweet grass. tree →

Note

Weave, weaves, wove, woven (irregular). «Has woven», not «has weaved», for cloth; «weaved» is used for moving in and out («the bike weaved through traffic»).

In Jewish tradition

It describes cloth made by weaving, used for the priests' holy clothes and the Tabernacle. The prophets and psalms also use it for rich, fine clothing worn by a bride or a king's court.

Interpretation. The priestly garments were made by skilled weavers and each part had a meaning. The tradition says the robe's blue colour recalls the heavens. Ezekiel's picture of richly woven clothes given to Jerusalem is read as God's gifts to Israel, which she later misused.

Examples

• And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; (Torah EXO.39.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, (Torah EXO.39.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod. (Torah EXO.29.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• and thou didst take thy richly woven garments and cover them, and didst set Mine oil and Mine incense before them. (Prophets EZK.16.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee. (Writings PSA.45.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk. (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Weave, weaves, wove, woven (irregular). «Has woven», not «has weaved», for cloth; «weaved» is used for moving in and out («the bike weaved through traffic»).