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web

UK/wɛb/ US/ˈwɛb/ common us
noun (7) verb (1)

noun

1.

an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving

  • “the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn”
2.

an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

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3.

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

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4.

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”
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5.

computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

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6.

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

7.

membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals

verb

1.

construct or form a web, as if by weaving

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Origin

From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”).

Phrases

  • break the web Derived terms of "web"
  • cosmic web Derived terms of "web"
  • dark web Derived terms of "web"
  • deep web Derived terms of "web"
  • funnel web Derived terms of "web"
  • funnel-web spider Derived terms of "web"
  • intellectual dark web Derived terms of "web"
  • invisible web Derived terms of "web"

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