Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OS webbi, OHG wappi, weppi, ON vefr; akin to weave)
Definition of 'WEB'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)web an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
2. (noun)web, entanglement an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
3. (noun)vane, web the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
4. (noun)network, web an interconnected system of things or people "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"
12. (noun)WEB a plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object
13. (noun)WEB the thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail
14. (noun)WEB a disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc
15. (noun)WEB the arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist
16. (noun)WEB the part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot
17. (noun)WEB pterygium; -- called also webeye
18. (noun)WEB the membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians
19. (noun)WEB the series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather
20. (verb)WEB to unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle