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Definition of 'web'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) web
something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.

2.  web
a woven, silky network spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects; cobweb.

3.  web
a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom.

4.  web
the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug.

5.  web
something interlaced or latticelike:
a web of branches.

6.  web
an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.:
a web of evidence; the web of life.

7.  web
something that snares or entangles; a trap.

8.  web
a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.

9.  web
the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather..

10.  web
a broad section connecting the flanges of a metal beam, rail, or truss.

11.  web
an arm of a crank, usu. one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end..

12.  web
Archit. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing.

13.  web
a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.

14.  web
a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country.

15.  web
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16. (v.t.) web
to cover with or as if with a web; envelop.

17.  web
to ensnare or entrap.

18. (v.i.) web
to make or form a web.

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"

5. (noun) World Wide Web, WWW, web
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

6. (noun) web
a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)

7. (verb) web
membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals

8. (verb) web, net
construct or form a web, as if by weaving

Definition of 'web'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. web
a network of threads used by a spider to catch insects
The spider spun its web.

2. web
a complicated set of connected events, people, etc.
a web of lies

Definition of 'web'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) web
a weaver

2. (noun) web
that which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom

3. (noun) web
a whole piece of linen cloth as woven

4. (noun) web
the texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb

5. (noun) web
fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication

6. (noun) web
a band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood

7. (noun) web
a thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead

8. (noun) web
the blade of a sword

9. (noun) web
the blade of a saw

10. (noun) web
the thin, sharp part of a colter

11. (noun) web
the bit of a key

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

Translation of 'web'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of trap for flies etc made of fine silk threads, spun by a spider etc a spider's web.
Afrikaans: web	Arabic: شَرَك، شَبَكَه	Bulgarian: мрежа
Brazilian: teia	Czech: pavučina	German: das Netz
Danish: spindelvæv	Greek: ιστός	Spanish: tela, tejido
Estonian: (ämbliku)võrk	Farsi: تار عنكبوت	Finnish: verkko
French: toile	Hebrew: קוּרֵי עַכָּבִיש	Hindi: जाल
Croatian: mreža	Hungarian: háló	Indonesian: jaring labah-labah
Icelandic: vefur	Italian: tela	Japanese: くもの巣
Korean: 거미줄	Lithuanian: voratinklis, tinklas	Latvian: zirnekļa tīkls
Malay: sarang labah-labah	Dutch: web	Norwegian: spindelvev
Polish: pajęczyna	Portuguese: teia	Romanian: ţesătură
Russian: паутина	Slovak: pavučina	Slovenian: pajčevina
Serbian: paučina	Swedish: spindelväv, -nät	Thai: ใยแมงมุม
Turkish: örümcek ağı	Taiwanese: 蜘蛛網	Ukrainian: павутина, павутиння
Urdu: جال	Vietnamese: mảng tơ	Chinese: 蜘蛛网
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