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Web

//wɛb// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web. alt-of

    "Let me search the web for that."

  2. 2
    The World Wide Web.

    "Some of that content is now only available on the Web."

Noun
  1. 1
    The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

    "The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web."

  2. 2
    the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft wordnet
  3. 3
    Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. broadly

    "The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures with which it is interwoven."

  4. 4
    membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals wordnet
  5. 5
    The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

    "He caught the ball in the web."

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  1. 6
    an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim wordnet
  2. 7
    A latticed or woven structure.

    "The gazebo’s roof was a web made of thin strips of wood."

  3. 8
    a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven) wordnet
  4. 9
    A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend. usually

    "Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says."

  5. 10
    computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol wordnet
  6. 11
    A plot or scheme.
  7. 12
    an interconnected system of things or people wordnet
  8. 13
    The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
  9. 14
    an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving wordnet
  10. 15
    The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
  11. 16
    A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
  12. 17
    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.
  13. 18
    A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
  14. 19
    A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
  15. 20
    A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches. obsolete
  16. 21
    A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage. dated
  17. 22
    A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

    "[…] And there with ſtately pompe by heapes they wend, / And Chriſtians ſlaine rolle vp in webs of lead […]"

  18. 23
    A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.; The blade of a sword.

    "Argant a ſword, whereof the web was ſteele, / Pommell, rich ſtone ; hilts, gold, approu’d by tuch, / With rareſt workmanſhip all forged weele, / The curious art exceld the ſubſtance much."

  19. 24
    A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.; The blade of a saw.
  20. 25
    A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.; The thin, sharp part of a colter.
  21. 26
    A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.; The bit of a key.
  22. 27
    A major broadcasting network. US, dated

    "[…] the first big move toward a contract for television performers was made Friday (20) when the webs agreed to pay them according to the length of the show. […] Altho the major TV webs — NBC and CBS — may fall in line soon, an agreement may possibly be held up by the opposition of DuMont […]"

  23. 28
    A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
  24. 29
    A cataract of the eye. archaic
Verb
  1. 1
    To construct or form a web. intransitive
  2. 2
    construct or form a web, as if by weaving wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover with a web or network. transitive

    "The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger[…]"

  4. 4
    To ensnare or entangle. transitive
  5. 5
    To provide with a web. transitive
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  1. 6
    To weave. obsolete, transitive

    "Item that the Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth shall weve werk[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), North Frisian wääb (“web”), Saterland Frisian Wäb (“web”), West Frisian and Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”); also Cornish goghi (“wasps”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”), ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) (whence Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”)), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”), Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”).

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), North Frisian wääb (“web”), Saterland Frisian Wäb (“web”), West Frisian and Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”); also Cornish goghi (“wasps”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”), ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) (whence Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”)), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”), Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”).

Etymology 3

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), North Frisian wääb (“web”), Saterland Frisian Wäb (“web”), West Frisian and Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”); also Cornish goghi (“wasps”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”), ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) (whence Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”)), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”), Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”).

Etymology 4

Ellipsis of World Wide Web.

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