web
(wĕb)n.1. a. A woven fabric, especially one on a loom or just removed from it.
b. The structural part of cloth.
2. A latticed or woven structure: A web of palm branches formed the roof of the hut.
3. A structure of delicate, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders or certain insect larvae.
4. Something intricately contrived, especially something that ensnares or entangles: caught in a web of lies.
5. A complex, interconnected structure or arrangement: a web of telephone wires.
6. often Web The World Wide Web.
7. A radio or television network.
8. A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain amphibians, birds, and mammals.
9. The barbs on each side of the shaft of a bird's feather; a vane.
10. 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.
11. Architecture A space or compartment between the ribs or groins of a vault. Also called cell.
12. A metal sheet or plate connecting the heavier sections, ribs, or flanges of a structural element.
13. A thin metal plate or strip, as the bit of a key or the blade of a saw.
14. A large continuous roll of paper, such as newsprint, either in the process of manufacture or as it is fed into a web press.
tr.v. webbed,
web·bing,
webs 1. To provide with a web.
2. To cover or envelop with a web.
3. To ensnare in a web.
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web
(wɛb) n1. any structure, construction, fabric, etc, formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
2. (Zoology) 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
cobweb1 3. (Zoology) a similar network of threads spun by certain insect larvae, such as the silkworm
4. (Textiles) a fabric, esp one in the process of being woven
5. (Zoology) a membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds or the digits of such aquatic mammals as the otter
6. (Zoology) the vane of a bird's feather
7. (Architecture) architect the surface of a ribbed vault that lies between the ribs
8. (Mechanical Engineering) the central section of an I-beam or H-beam that joins the two flanges of the beam
9. (General Engineering) any web-shaped part of a casting used for reinforcement
10. (Mechanical Engineering) the radial portion of a crank that connects the crankpin to the crankshaft
11. (Metallurgy) a thin piece of superfluous material left attached to a forging; fin
12. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)
a. a continuous strip of paper as formed on a paper machine or fed from a reel into some printing presses
b. (as modifier): web offset; a web press.
13. (Textiles) the woven edge, without pile, of some carpets
14. (Computer Science)
b. (as modifier): a web site; web pages.
15. any structure, construction, etc, that is intricately formed or complex: a web of intrigue.
vb,
webs,
webbing or webbed16. (tr) to cover with or as if with a web
17. (tr) to entangle or ensnare
18. (intr) to construct a web
[Old English webb; related to Old Saxon, Old High German webbi, Old Norse vefr]
ˈwebless adj
ˈwebˌlike adj
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web
(wɛb)
n., v. webbed, web•bing. n. 1. something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
2. a woven, silky network spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects; cobweb.
3. a. a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom.
b. the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug.
4. something interlaced or latticelike: a web of branches.
5. an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: a web of evidence; the web of life.
6. something that snares or entangles; a trap.
8. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.
9. the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather..
10. a broad section connecting the flanges of a metal beam, rail, or truss.
11. an arm of a crank, usu. one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end..
12. Archit. (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. (usu. cap.) Computers. World Wide Web.
v.t. 16. to cover with or as if with a web; envelop.
17. to ensnare or entrap.
v.i. 18. to make or form a web.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon
webbi, Old High German
wappi, weppi, Old Norse
vefr; akin to
weave]
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