Weaver

Quick meaning: Weaver is a noun meaning A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

Meaning

A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

More Meanings

1. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
2. A weaverbird.
3. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
4. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
5. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.

Example Sentences

To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26.

The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico.

Word Forms

• weavers

Synonyms for weaver

Depending on context, synonyms include weaverbird.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weaverbird, loom, interlacer, webster, handweaver, braider.

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