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A web is something formed by weaving or is short for the World Wide Web. (noun)

An example of a web is what a spider creates.
An example of the Web is the Internet, a network of computers that are connected to share information around the world.

Web means to cover or trap. (verb)

An example of to web is for a spider to catch bugs for food.

See web in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any woven fabric; esp., a length of cloth being woven on a loom or just taken off
1. the woven or spun network of a spider; cobweb
2. a similar network spun by the larvae of certain insects
a carefully woven trap or snare
a complicated work of the mind, imagination, etc.: a web of lies
anything like a web, as in intricacy of pattern or interconnection of elements; network
Anat.
1. tissue or membrane
2. an abnormal membrane joining fingers or toes at the base
Archit. the portion of a ribbed vault between the ribs
Comput. World Wide Web: usually with the
Mech. the plate joining the flanges of a joist, girder, rail, etc.
Printing a large roll of paper used in a rotary press, designed for continuous feeding
Zool.
1. the vane of a feather
2. a membrane partly or completely joining the digits of various water birds, water animals, etc.

transitive verb webbed, webbing

to join by or as by a web
to cover with or as with a web
to catch or snare in or as in a web

Related Forms:

weblike adjective

See web in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(wĕb)

noun

a. A woven fabric, especially one on a loom or just removed from it.
b. The structural part of cloth.
A latticed or woven structure: A web of palm branches formed the roof of the hut.
A structure of delicate, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders or certain insect larvae.
Something intricately contrived, especially something that ensnares or entangles: caught in a web of lies.
A complex, interconnected structure or arrangement: a web of telephone wires.
often Web The World Wide Web.
A radio or television network.
A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain amphibians, birds, and mammals.
The barbs on each side of the shaft of a bird's feather; a vane.
Baseball A piece of leather or leather mesh that fills the space between the thumb and forefinger of a baseball glove. Also called trap¹, webbing.
Architecture A space or compartment between the ribs or groins of a vault. Also called cell.
A metal sheet or plate connecting the heavier sections, ribs, or flanges of a structural element.
A thin metal plate or strip, as the bit of a key or the blade of a saw.
A large continuous roll of paper, such as newsprint, either in the process of manufacture or as it is fed into a web press.

transitive verb webbed webbed, web·bing, webs

To provide with a web.
To cover or envelop with a web.
To ensnare in a web.

Usage Note: The word Web is usually capitalized when referring to the World Wide Web: Many sites on the Web have information about used cars. In this use, however, the word is increasingly found lowercase, and this usage may become dominant. See Usage Note at website.

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