Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To weave together.
- intransitive verb To blend together; intermix.
- intransitive verb To intertwine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To weave together into a single fabric, as two or more different materials or strands: as, to
interweave silk and cotton. - To intermingle as if by weaving; blend intimately; intertwine; interlace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine.
- transitive verb To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
combine two things throughweaving
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb interlace by or as if by weaving
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Examples
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This year's program will interweave music from our new album Earth Music along with our original solstice-inspired pieces that have become traditional to this event over three decades.
Joseph Vella: Paul Winter on The 32nd Annual Winter Solstice Concert Joseph Vella 2011
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The lawsuits require obligatory scenes of adversaries meeting and arguing in offices, but you'd never know they were obligatory because they interweave past and present to electrifying effect.
'Social Network': Password Is Perfection Joe Morgenstern 2010
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The episodic structure has allowed us to interweave stories, gameplay and atmosphere in a whole new way, said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games.
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Passages about the Greek historian Herodotus interweave with Michael's story, as do other classical references, family photographs and letters.
Five finalists for National Book Critics Circle award in poetry 2011
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In the following chapters I will explain the origins of each mechanism of cooperation and interweave this train of thought with my own intellectual journey, one that began in Vienna and then continued to Oxford, Princeton, and now Harvard.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Is it possible to interweave a story for mom and a story for daughter and present it as one book? on 04 May 2010 at 7: 39 pm Cindy Hudson
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing for Two Generations of Readers 2010
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Will it unfold as a straight tale, or will you interweave story lines and points of view?
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On your mark, get set… Pre-plotting basics 2009
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Each plot thread should make sense in itself and interweave with the others, not only convincingly, but in the most effective way for this kind of book.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Losing the plot, and finding it again 2009
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Is it possible to interweave a story for mom and a story for daughter and presented as one book? on 04 May 2010 at 7: 36 pm Leanne
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing for Two Generations of Readers 2010
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Passages about the Greek historian Herodotus interweave with Michael's story, as do other classical references, family photographs and letters.
Five finalists for National Book Critics Circle award in poetry 2011
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