weaver

«weaver» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job or hobby is weaving: making cloth by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a weaver, weavers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A weaver is a person whose job or hobby is weaving: making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom. tree →

2) A weaver (or weaverbird) is a small bird, mostly from Africa, that weaves amazing nests from grass and leaves. tree →

3) Someone who makes up and tells stories can be called a weaver of tales. tree →

4) (a name) Weaver is also a surname. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons weavers worked at home on hand looms until factories with power looms took over in the Industrial Revolution, which made many weavers poor. In science lessons weaver birds show animal building skills, and the male builds a nest to attract a female. In art and DT lessons pupils weave paper or wool on a card loom. Phrases: hand-loom weaver, silk weaver, weaver bird, a weaver of stories.

examples

• The weaver worked at her loom all day. tree →
• Weavers lost their jobs when big factories were built. tree →
• The weaver bird tied the grass into a tight knot. tree →
• Hundreds of weaver nests hung from the tree like balls. tree →
• My aunt is a weaver who makes colourful rugs. tree →
• The old storyteller was a great weaver of tales. tree →
• Silk weavers made fine cloth for rich people. tree →
• We became weavers for a day and made a paper mat. tree →
• One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. tree →

note

Countable: a weaver, weavers. From the verb «weave» (weave, weaves, wove, woven, weaving) + «-er». Do not confuse with «waver», which means to be unsure or to shake. «Weaving» in traffic means moving in and out between cars.

In the corpora

• Weaver ants sew leaves into nests, holding their own larvae like glue sticks that spin silk.
• Small ants can carry many times their own weight, and weaver ants were photographed holding about 100 times their weight upside down.
• My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «weaver» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.