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"