interweaving

verb

Definition of interweavingnext
present participle of interweave
1
as in weaving
to cause to twine about one another interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree

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2
as in interspersing
to scatter or set here and there among other things the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War

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3
as in knotting
to twist together into a usually confused mass in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle

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  1. weaving
  2. inserting
  3. intertwining
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  • The name has been around since 1909, weaving up iconic woolen and jacquard designs first for Indigenous communities and later for the masses.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nick was driving over 120 miles per hour in Beverly Hills, Florida, in Citrus County when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper observed the man weaving in-and-out of traffic.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of weaving
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  • Tarver subverts the exploitation of the women as human curiosities by inserting them into the predominantly white male art historical cannon.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But instead of inserting a shell, heloudly snapped it back shut, with that sharp, signature ratcheting sound shotguns are famous for.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2024
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  • Yet the game held more significance for sentimental reasons given the mammoth trade intertwining the two teams’ futures.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of the bluegrass instruments work perfectly within Indian rhythms because of the nature of it, three against two, all these intertwining rhythms that go on in banjo playing and also in tabla.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
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