This week’s theme
Short words

This week’s words
dint
moil
guff
weft
quaff

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(weft)

MEANING:

noun: The threads that run across the width of a woven fabric and are interlaced through the warp (threads that run lengthwise).

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English wefta (weft). Ultimately from the Indo-European root webh- (to weave; to move quickly), which also gave us weave, webster, waffle, wave, waver, and wobble. Earliest documented use: 725.

USAGE:

“Keevy has woven the threads of jealousy, love, fear, and belonging into a strong weft of intimacy.”
The Ties That Bind Us Can Be Gossamer Thin; Cape Times (Cape Town, South Africa); May 20, 2015.

“It is part of the warp and weft, the action and reaction, of team sport.”
Will Tipperary Hurlers Crack Waterford Code?; Irish Examiner (Cork, Ireland); Apr 18, 2015.

See more usage examples of weft in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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