"weft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɛft/ Audio: en-us-weft.ogg [US] Forms: wefts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛft Etymology: From Middle English wefte, from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną. Equivalent to weave + -th. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wefte}} Middle English wefte, {{der|en|ang|wefan||to weave}} Old English wefan (“to weave”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*weban}} Proto-West Germanic *weban, {{der|en|gem-pro|*webaną}} Proto-Germanic *webaną, {{suffix|en|weave|-th}} weave + -th Head templates: {{en-noun}} weft (plural wefts)
  1. (weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. Categories (topical): Weaving Synonyms (threads interlaced through the warp): woof Translations (horizontal threads): ⁧لُحْمَة⁩ (luḥma) (Arabic), թեզան (tʿezan) (Armenian), tramã (Aromanian), уто́к (utók) [masculine] (Belarusian), въ́тък (vǎ́tǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), trama [feminine] (Catalan), ⁧پۆ⁩ (po) (Central Kurdish), 緯紗 (Chinese Mandarin), 纬纱 (wěishā) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (wěi) (Chinese Mandarin), útek [masculine] (Czech), inslag [masculine] (Dutch), kude (Finnish), fil de trame [masculine] (French), trame [feminine] (French), trame [feminine] (Friulian), Schussfaden [masculine] (German), vetülékfonal (Hungarian), wefto (Ido), kue (Ingrian), inneach [masculine] (Irish), trama [feminine] (Italian), 横糸 (yokoito) (alt: よこいと) (Japanese), (yokoito) (alt: よこいと) (Japanese), арқау (arqau) (Kazakh), 씨실 (ssisil) (Korean), 위사 (wisa) (alt: 緯絲) (Korean), subtemen [neuter] (Latin), ја́ток (játok) [masculine] (Macedonian), ഊട് (ūṭŭ) (Malayalam), veft [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), innslag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), islett [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), утъкъ (utŭkŭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), wątek [masculine] (Polish), trama [feminine] (Portuguese), mini (Quechua), bătătură [feminine] (Romanian), уто́к (utók) [masculine] (Russian), ओत (ota) (Sanskrit), по̏тка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍtka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), útok [masculine] (Slovak), votek [masculine] (Slovene), trama [feminine] (Spanish), väft (Swedish), inslag (Swedish), уті́к (utík) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trama [feminine] (Venetian), anwe [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-weft-en-noun-j8zw0Vm2 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving Disambiguation of 'threads interlaced through the warp': 79 13 8 Disambiguation of 'horizontal threads': 82 7 11
  2. (weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill. Categories (topical): Weaving Synonyms (yarn used for the threads interlaced through the warp): fill Translations (fill): kudelanka (Finnish), kuerihma (Ingrian), wątek [masculine] (Polish), nić wątku [feminine] (Polish), țesătură [feminine] (Romanian), уто́чная пря́жа (utóčnaja prjáža) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-weft-en-noun-j5AX1eh9 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving Disambiguation of 'yarn used for the threads interlaced through the warp': 42 53 4 Disambiguation of 'fill': 5 89 5
  3. (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair. Categories (topical): Hairdressing, Hair Synonyms (extension glued onto hair): weave
    Sense id: en-weft-en-noun-hS-uEryT Disambiguation of Hair: 9 8 71 11 Topics: arts, crafts, hairdressing, hobbies, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'extension glued onto hair': 8 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: warp and weft
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wɛft/ Audio: en-us-weft.ogg [US] Forms: wefts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛft Etymology: Compare waif. Etymology templates: {{m|en|waif}} waif Head templates: {{en-noun}} weft (plural wefts)
  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of waif. Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: waif
    Sense id: en-weft-en-noun-L36VCpLR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "February 6 1964, Kurt Greenwood, “New looms that streamline weaving”, in New Scientist, page 356",
          "text": "It is all the more remarkable therefore that in one respect — weft colours — some of the pirnless looms are more versatile than conventional machines. Figure 6 shows the colour mechanism of a conventional loom designed to weave six colours of weft (there is never any problem about colour patterning in the warp).",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "緯紗"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wěishā",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "纬纱"
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "緯"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wěi",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "纬"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "útek"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
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          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trame"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Schussfaden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "vetülékfonal"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "wefto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "kue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inneach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "alt": "よこいと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yokoito",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "横糸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "alt": "よこいと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yokoito",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "緯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "arqau",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "арқау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ssisil",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "씨실"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "alt": "緯絲",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wisa",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "위사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "po",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "⁧پۆ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "subtemen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "játok",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ја́ток"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ūṭŭ",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "ഊട്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "innslag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "islett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "utŭkŭ",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "утъкъ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wątek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "mini"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bătătură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utók",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "уто́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ota",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "ओत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по̏тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pȍtka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "útok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "votek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "väft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "word": "inslag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "utík",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "уті́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 11",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "horizontal threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "anwe"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "fill",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fill",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "wątek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nić wątku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "țesătură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utóčnaja prjáža",
          "sense": "fill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "уто́чная пря́жа"
        }
      ]
    },
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            "Body parts",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 8 71 11",
          "kind": "topical",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "qu",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "trama"
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      "code": "vec",
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      "word": "trama"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "code": "ro",
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.