web

Meanings

Plural: webs

Noun

• an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
  • "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
• an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
• the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
• an interconnected system of things or people
  • "tangled in a web of cloth"
• computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
• a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
• membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
• The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
• Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
• The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
• A latticed or woven structure.
• A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
• A plot or scheme.
• The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
• The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
• 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.
• A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
• A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
• A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches.
• 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.
• A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
• The blade of a saw.
• A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
• The thin, sharp part of a colter.
• A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
• The bit of a key.
• A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
• A major broadcasting network.
• A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
• A cataract of the eye.

Verb

• construct or form a web, as if by weaving
• To construct or form a web.
• To cover with a web or network.
• To ensnare or entangle.
• To provide with a web.
• To weave.

Name

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

Synonyms

entanglement, net, network, pin and web, vane, way, web and pin, World Wide Web, WWW, yarn

Anagrams of web