web
The definition of 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 is defined as to cover or trap.
(verb)An example of to web is for a spider to catch bugs for food.
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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
- the woven or spun network of a spider; cobweb
- 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.
- tissue or membrane
- 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.
- the vane of a feather
- a membrane partly or completely joining the digits of various water birds, water animals, etc.
Origin: ME < OE webb, akin to ON vefr, OHG weppi < IE *webh-, to weave
Related Forms:
- weblike adjective
See web in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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.
- To provide with a web.
- To cover or envelop with a web.
- To ensnare in a web.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English; see webh- in Indo-European roots
. 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.Learn more about web
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