web (wɛb
)
Definitions
noun
- any structure, construction, fabric, etc, formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving retiary
- 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 (sense 1)
- 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
- architecture the surface of a ribbed vault that lies between the ribs
- the central section of an I-beam or H-beam that joins the two flanges of the beam
- any web-shaped part of a casting used for reinforcement
- the radial portion of a crank that connects the crankpin to the crankshaft
- a thin piece of superfluous material left attached to a forging; fin
- 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 woven edge, without pile, of some carpets
- See the web
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a web site
web pages
- any structure, construction, etc, that is intricately formed or complex ⇒
a web of intrigue
verb
Word forms: webs, webbing, webbed
- (tr) to cover with or as if with a web
- (tr) to entangle or ensnare
- (intr) to construct a web
Alternative Forms
ˈwebless adjective ˈwebˌlike adjectiveWord Origin
Old English webb; related to Old Saxon, Old High German webbi, Old Norse vefrTranslations
- British English:
web
A web is the thin net made by a spider from a string that comes out of its body.wɛb NOUN
- Spanish:
telaraña
nf
- French:
toile
nf
- German:
Netz
nnt
- Chinese: 网 n
- Arabic: شَبَكَةٌ عَنْكَبُوتِيَّة n
- Portuguese: teia nf
- Russian: паутина nf
- Croatian: mreža nf
- Czech: pavučina nf
- Danish: net nnt
- Dutch: web nnt
- Finnish: verkko n
- Greek: ιστός nm
- Italian: ragnatela nf
- Japanese: クモの巣 n
- Korean: 거미줄 n
- Norwegian: spindelvev nnt
- Polish: pajęczyna nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: teia nf
- European Spanish:
telaraña
nf
- Swedish: nät nnt
- Thai: ใยแมงมุม n
- Turkish: ağ n
- Vietnamese: mạng n
- British English:
Web
The Web is made up of a very large number of websites all joined together. You can use it anywhere in the world to search for information. Web is short for World Wide Web.web wɛb NOUN
- French:
web
nm
- Arabic: الشَبَكَةُ العَنْكَبُوتِيَّة العالَـمِيَّة n
- Brazilian Portuguese: Internet nf
Usage examples
It followed them relentlessly, trapping them in its dazzling beam like flies in a web.
, THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)Actually," Zooper's web site casually observes, the stroller is "your baby's first car.
Globe and Mail (2003)I do not believe that writing for the web is significantly different to writing for any other medium.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The spider's web shows the possibility of unifying space from a divine centre.
, ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)