Definition of "weave"

weave¹

/wiːv/

verb
third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past wove or weaved, past participle woven or weaved or (now colloquial and nonstandard) wove
1. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
2. To spin a cocoon or a web.
3. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
  Quotations
  This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
  c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]
  these words, thus woven into song
  1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], stanza CII
4. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
noun
plural weaves
1. A type or way of weaving.
2. (cosmetics) Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
  Quotations
  The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
  2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154

weave²

/wiːv/

verb
third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past and past participle weaved
1. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
  Quotations
  The victims’ feeling of incredulity at what they were seeing, swiftly turning to paralysing fear as the van bore down on them, swerving and weaving to hit as many people as possible, can barely be imagined.
  2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer‎
  Tevez picked up a throw-in from the right, tip-toed his way into the area and weaved past three Wolves challenges before slotting in to display why, of all City's multi-million pound buys, he remains their most important player.
  2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC‎
2. (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
  Quotations
  Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread: For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drank the milk of Paradise.
  1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, page 58
3. (intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.