WEB

vane, web

(noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

web

(noun) membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals

web, entanglement

(noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

web

(noun) a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)

network, web

(noun) an interconnected system of things or people; “he owned a network of shops”; “retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life”; “tangled in a web of cloth”

web

(noun) an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; “the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn”

web, net

(verb) construct or form a web, as if by weaving

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

web (plural webs)

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.

(baseball) 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.

Synonym: yarn

A plot or scheme.

The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.

(rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

Coordinate terms: head, foot

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.

(manufacturing) 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.

(dated) 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.

The blade of a sword.

The blade of a saw.

The thin, sharp part of a colter.

The bit of a key.

(dated, US, radio, television) A major broadcasting network.

Hypernyms

• cobweb

• interweb

• spiderweb

• subweb

Proper noun

the web

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

Verb

web (third-person singular simple present webs, present participle webbing, simple past and past participle webbed)

(intransitive) To construct or form a web.

(transitive) To cover with a web or network.

(transitive) To ensnare or entangle.

(transitive) To provide with a web.

(transitive, obsolete) To weave.

Anagrams

• Bew, EBW, WBE

Etymology

Proper noun

the Web

The World Wide Web.

Anagrams

• Bew, EBW, WBE

Source: Wiktionary

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Web, n. Etym: [OE. webbe, AS. webba. See Weave.]

Definition: A weaver. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Web, n. Etym: [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. väf, Dan. væv. See Weave.]

1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive. Spenser. Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. Bancroft.

2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.

3. The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. "The smallest spider's web." Shak.

4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold. Hawthorne. Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. W. Irving.

5. (Carriages)

Definition: A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.

6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead. Fairfax. Specifically: - (a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.] The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel rich stone, hilt gold. Fairfax.

(b) The blade of a saw. (c) The thin, sharp part of a colter. (d) The bit of a key.

7. (Mach. & Engin.)

Definition: A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. Specifically: -- (a) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail. (b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. (c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. (d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.

8. (Med.)

Definition: Pterygium; -- called also webeye. Shak.

9. (Anat.)

Definition: The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.

10. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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. See Feather.

Pin and web (Med.), two diseases of the eye, caligo and pterygium; -- sometimes wrongly explained as one disease. See Pin, n., 8, and Web, n., 8. "He never yet had pinne or webbe, his sight for to decay." Gascoigne.

– Web member (Engin.), one of the braces in a web system.

– Web press, a printing press which takes paper from a roll instead of being fed with sheets.

– Web system (Engin.), the system of braces connecting the flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like.

Web, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Webbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Webbing.]

Definition: To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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