Antonyms of verb weave

1 of 4 senses of weave

Sense 1
weave, interweave -- (interlace by or as if by weaving)
       Antonym of unweave (Sense 1)
      => unweave -- (undo strands that have been woven together)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb weave

4 senses of weave

Sense 1
weave, interweave -- (interlace by or as if by weaving)
       => twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted")

Sense 2
weave, tissue -- (create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles")
       => create from raw material, create from raw stuff -- (make from scratch)

Sense 3
waver, weave -- (sway to and fro)
       => swing, sway -- (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back")

Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Antonyms of adj woven

1 sense of woven

Sense 1
woven (vs. unwoven) -- (made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony")

unwoven (vs. woven) -- (not woven; "tapa cloth is an unwoven fabric made by pounding bark into a thin sheet")
        => felted -- (made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure; "felt is a felted cloth")
        => knitted -- (made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving; "knitted garments"; "a hand-knitted sweater")

Similarity of adj woven

1 sense of woven

Sense 1
woven (vs. unwoven) -- (made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony")
       => braided -- (woven by (or as if by) braiding; "braided cordage")
       => plain-woven -- ((of cloth) made in plain weave)

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