web

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.

The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.; Any of several similar materials, such as that created by tent caterpillars.

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.broadly

• "But THAT! Was the OLDEN TIMES! A massive, worldwide web of global information has ENTANGLED THE WORLD! People in Beijing can read about a magical incident in Moperville in seconds, and have video of it in minutes!"

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.; A scheme.broadlyfiguratively

• web of lies
• She got lost in a web of international intrigue.

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.; The Internet; the World Wide Web.Internetbroadly

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.; A major broadcasting network.USbroadlydated

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• ABC-TV this week put into effect its long anticipated plans to move into daytime programming in a bigger way by opening up its 4-5 across-the-board strip. The web is using its "Mickey Mouse Club," which is stoutly anchored in the 5-6 p.m. s

A latticed or woven structure.

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

A latticed or woven structure.; The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

• He caught the ball in the web.

A latticed or woven structure.; A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.dated

Senses related to an invented narrative; 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.
• a tangled web of deception

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

• Let me search the web for that.

To construct or form a web.intransitive

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[…]
• In the meantime continents were being ribbed with railways, the atmosphere was being webbed with telegraph wires connecting every important commercial centre[…]

To ensnare or entangle.transitive

To provide with a web.transitive

To weave.obsoletetransitive

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