weaver

IPA: wˈivɝ

A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
A strand of material used in weaving.
A weaverbird.
An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Calhoun County, Alabama.
A ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
An abandoned settlement in Douglas County, Kansas, a victim of frequent flooding.
An unincorporated community in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
A river in Cheshire, England.

Examples of "weaver" in Sentences

Sparrows, (otherwise known as weaver-finches), maybe.
Otherwise known as weaver-finches in their native Europe and Africa.
In that work the term weaver is used almost unfailingly to describe those who worked in the hand-loom industry.
The story of the uprooted basket weaver is a parable for the kind of vessel that Monique Truong has fashioned in The Book of Salt.
A radical weaver is on trial and defends himself by saying that he'd done and said nothing that hadn't been done or said by Our Lord.
117 And a report of fifty years after Havell claims that the industry only survived that long because "the weaver is content with low wages."
Farther down the street, towards the Zocalo a small store sells hand-woven rebozas and clothing and while the weaver is at work on his back-strap loom (weekends only).
The word weaver means so little in these days that it is necessary to consider what were the conditions exacted of the weavers of tapestries in the time of tapestry's highest perfection.
ROBERTS: Yes, I mean you can see him there taking a classic, what's called weaver stance with two hands on the weapon, you know gives you a very good accuracy in firing, particularly at close range.