English dictionary
web
proper nounPronunciation
/wɛb/
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Definitions
proper noun
- The World Wide Web.
noun
- The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
- (sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web.
- The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- A latticed or woven structure.
- (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
- A plot or scheme.
- The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
- A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
- 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.
- A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
- A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
- A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
- A major broadcasting network.
verb
- To construct or form a web.
- To cover with a web or network.
- To ensnare or entangle.
- To provide with a web.
- To weave.
Example sentences
Some of that content is now only available on the Web.
The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.
Let me search the web for that.
He caught the ball in the web.
The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.