Weft

Word WEFT
Character 4
Hyphenation weft
Pronunciations /wɛft/

Definitions and meanings of "Weft"

What do we mean by weft?

The horizontal threads interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric; woof. noun

Yarn used for the weft. noun

Woven fabric. noun

The threads, taken together, which run across the web from side to side, or from selvage to selvage. Also called woof. noun

In botany, a name sometimes given to a felt-like stratum produced in certain fungi by abundant closely interwoven hyphæ. noun

Same as waif noun

An obsolete form of the preterit and past participle of wave. noun

A dialectal form of waft, 3. noun

The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving. noun

A web; a thing woven. noun

Imp. & p. p. of wave.

A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. noun

The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. noun

The yarn used for the weft; the fill. noun

A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair. noun

The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving noun

The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.

The yarn used for the weft; the fill.

(hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair.

The underside of a penis, specifically the ridge that runs from the base to the head. Urban Dictionary

Being intoxicated by alcohol or being "high". Urban Dictionary

Wrong every fucking time Urban Dictionary

British slang, originating from the south of England. When you wish to say someone or something is crap. An insult. Urban Dictionary

Something cool, suprisingly good. Urban Dictionary

Originating in Düsseldorf, Germany; used to describe something (for example a weekend, chip or token) that is really great or has special qualities. Urban Dictionary

The "track" that attaches the weave/ hair. That long black line on top the weave is the weft in which you sew down onto your clients braids. Urban Dictionary

A word created by one Youtuber Micarah Tewers in her video where she made a rapunzel costume, meaning "clumps of hair" Urban Dictionary

An easier way to remember west (left + west) and east (right + east) for people that have to stop to remember which is which all the time. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Weft

The word "weft" in example sentences

Good thing I have a knack for reweaving myself; the pattern may not always match up, and the texture may not be as smooth, but the weft is always strong and binds the warp together for another round. ❋ Archmage (2005)

Its weft is a rich one, deriving from the poet's wide-ranging contacts with literature, history and reality. ❋ Unknown (1992)

A word for the uninitiated...warping the loom means putting the yarn on the loom so you can weave with what's called the weft yarn. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here the woof has been taken once to and fro; a movement called a weft or a course, one way only, goes by the name of a half pass or a shoot. ❋ Grace Christie (N/A)

Applying the weft is a serious uncommon skill which adds to the cost of the hair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A single cross thread known as a weft is passed down the entire length of the fabric bolt rather than using several wefts to weave the cloth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the eaft fide of thefe mountains lie the territories pofTefifed by our fouth - ern colonies •, on the weft are the territories of the Ohio; and on the fouth are what we call the terri - tories of the Mifllflippi; the two laft being divided from one another by the Weftern or Chickefaw mountains, which run through them from Caro - lina to the Miffifiippi. ❋ Unknown (1770)

TrIochadh mbodhahach, now called weft Barryroe in Carbury in the County ox Corke, the an - cient Eftate of the O Cobhtaigh or Cowhigs, & of the O Fichio - ilaWh, or Fields. ❋ Unknown (1768)

To the fouth, it is guarded from approach by the fteep - nefs of the hill on which it Hands; and on this fide the windows command a very fine view of the vale through which the Arun meanders;, on the north - weft, which is flanked by a very deep foffe, is the citadel, erected on another and fmaller hill, which overlooks the caftle: many of the aniient buildings have mouldered into ruin; but there are ftill the vcftiges of a very large and elegant banquctting hall, and the gateway is in a tolerable ftate of prefervation. ❋ Unknown (1778)

The cord is produced by using a heavy soft-spun woolen weft which is so closely covered by the silk warp threads that it is not exposed when examined from the wrong side. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The threads that are to be used for the "weft" or "filling" go directly into the shuttles of the weavers after being spun; but those which are to be used for "warp" are wound first on spools, then on beams to go into the loom. ❋ Eva March Tappan (1892)

Life's warp comes throo Heaven, th 'weft's faand bi us sen, ❋ John Hartley (1877)

On balance, I'd have to hand this to Fry: while "weft" in the nautical sense is indeed archaic, STC's language in the 1798 "Marinere" is studded with archaisms; but while the 11th Brittanica confirms "weft" as a distress flag, there's nothing about it necessarily being ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the months since, much has changed in the warp and weft of the the online world, including the expansion of Wikileaks into a global phenomenon and the historic revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. ❋ Alexander Howard (2011)

Originally made of silk and worsted, poplins were plain-woven, with a fine horizontal rib, produced by using a finer warp thread than the weft. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lustre was a thin, light material with a cotton warp (previously also either silk or linen) and a woolen weft, producing a highly lustrous surface. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Up close, the paint is pressed flat into the warp and weft: laborious, dry and even crude. ❋ Laura Cumming (2010)

"If [you don't] stop, [I'm going to] [kick] you in the weft." ❋ Mike The Hedgehog (2014)

"Dude [Sabby]! [Yous] weft!" or... "[You guys] want to get weft?" or... "I only turned left because i'm weft!" ❋ Takearide (2007)

He's [friggin] weft. ❋ Yoljasldkjfljsklfasdlfj;lsjdkf (2012)

'You're [such a] weft' 'That's completely wefting' ❋ Good-grief-kristina (2007)

#1: [Mate], [what do you think] of this song I made? #2: Man [that's legit] wefte! ❋ Bookof (2023)

Guy: That [weekend] was so [weft] bro. Friend: Yeah man, the weftest - what a [good time]. ❋ Quantumania (2022)

Okay now I'm going to start [sewing] your [wefts] down. ( [Installing] a sew-in weave) ❋ Mari26 (2018)

"I then [added] [additional] wefts to my [braid]" -Micarah Tewers ❋ GracEvelyn (2020)

[Which way] does the sun rise? Oh yeah, [reast] to [weft]. I use [Weft] & [Reast], it's hard remembering east and west. Weftern culture and Reastern culture. ❋ The Gunk Meister (2023)

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