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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024web /wɛb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Insects, Invertebratesa fabric formed by weaving.
- a cobweb.
- something that is interconnected:a web of branches.
- a complicated, but connected, set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.:a web of evidence; the web of life.
- something that entangles:a web of lies.
- Zoologya piece of skinlike material connecting the digits of an animal, as a bird living in water.
webbed, adj.: the webbed feet of a duck. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024web (web),USA pronunciation n., v., webbed, web•bing. n. - Insects, Invertebratessomething formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
- a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars;
cobweb. - Textiles
- a woven fabric, esp. 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.
- something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance:He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree.
- 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?
- something that snares or entangles;
a trap:innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism. - webbing.
- Zoologya membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.
- Birds[Ornith.]
- the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather. See illus. under feather.
- the series on both sides, collectively.
- 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.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end. See illus. under crankshaft.
- Architecture(in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing.
- Printinga large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.
- Radio and Televisiona network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country.
- Radio and Television, Informal Terms[Informal.]a network of radio or television broadcasting stations.
- Computing(usu. cap.) See World Wide Web.
v.t. - to cover with or as if with a web;
envelop. - to ensnare or entrap.
v.i. - to make or form a web.
- bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German webbe, Old Norse vefr; akin to weave
web′like′, adj.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged network, tissue, tangle, maze.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: web /wɛb/ n - any structure, construction, fabric, etc, formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving
- a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects
- a similar network of threads spun by certain insect larvae, such as the silkworm
- a fabric, esp one in the process of being woven
- a membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds or the digits of such aquatic mammals as the otter
- the vane of a bird's feather
- the central section of an I-beam or H-beam that joins the two flanges of the beam
- 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
- the web ⇒ (often capital)
short for World Wide Web - (as modifier): a web site, web pages
- any structure, construction, etc, that is intricately formed or complex: a web of intrigue
vb (webs, webbing, webbed)- (transitive) to cover with or as if with a web
- (transitive) to entangle or ensnare
- (intransitive) to construct a web
Etymology: Old English webb; related to Old Saxon, Old High German webbi, Old Norse vefrˈwebless adj web, + n. - Computing(usually cap.) See World Wide Web (in this section).
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