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Definitions for Web

[1] something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
[2] a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb.
[3] Textiles . a woven fabric, especially a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom. the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug.
[4] something resembling woven material, especially something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree.
[5] an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life?
[6] something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism.
[7] webbing.
[8] Zoology . a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.
[9] Ornithology . the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather. the series on both sides, collectively.
[10] an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss.
[11] Machinery . an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end.
[12] Architecture . (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing.
[13] a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.
[14] a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country.
[15] Informal . a network of radio or television broadcasting stations.
[16] (sometimes initial capital letter ) Computers . World Wide Web. (usually preceded by the ).
[17] to cover with or as if with a web; envelop.
[18] to ensnare or entrap.
[19] to make or form a web.
[20] any structure, construction, fabric, etc, formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving Related adjective: retiary
[21] a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects See also cobweb (def. 1)
[22] a similar network of threads spun by certain insect larvae, such as the silkworm
[23] a fabric, esp one in the process of being woven
[24] a membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds or the digits of such aquatic mammals as the otter
[25] the vane of a bird's feather
[26] architect the surface of a ribbed vault that lies between the ribs
[27] the central section of an I-beam or H-beam that joins the two flanges of the beam
[28] any web-shaped part of a casting used for reinforcement
[29] the radial portion of a crank that connects the crankpin to the crankshaft
[30] a thin piece of superfluous material left attached to a forging; fin
[31] a continuous strip of paper as formed on a paper machine or fed from a reel into some printing presses (as modifier ) web offset ; a web press
[32] the woven edge, without pile, of some carpets
[33] the web (often capital) short for World Wide Web (as modifier ) a web site ; web pages
[34] any structure, construction, etc, that is intricately formed or complex a web of intrigue
[35] (tr) to cover with or as if with a web
[36] (tr) to entangle or ensnare
[37] (intr) to construct a web

Words related to Web

screen, net, network, filigree, cobweb, tangle, fabric, lattice, gossamer, texture, snarl, plait, interconnection, maze, morass, fiber, labyrinth, warp, toil, mesh

Words nearby Web

weave bead, weave in and out, weaver, weaver's hitch, weaverbird, web, web 2.0, web address, web beacon, web browser, web crawler

Origin of Web

before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German webbe, Old Norse vefr; akin to weave

Other words from Web

web·less , adjective
web·like , adjective

Word origin for Web

Old English webb; related to Old Saxon, Old High German webbi, Old Norse vefr

Synonyms for Web

net, network, screen, cobweb, complexity, entanglement, fabric, fiber, filigree, gossamer, interconnection, interlacing, involvement, labyrinth, lacework, lattice, mat, matting, maze, mesh, meshwork, morass, plait, reticulation, skein, snarl, tangle, texture, tissue, toil, trellis, warp, weave, webbing, weft, wicker, woof