web

Meanings

Noun

• 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 band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
• A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
• A major broadcasting network.

Proper Noun

• Alternate spelling of Web: the World Wide Web.

Verb

• To construct or form a web.
• To cover with a web or network.
• To ensnare or entangle.
• To provide with a web.
• To weave.

Related

Broader meaning words

• cobweb
• interweb
• spiderweb
• subweb

Origin

• From Middle English webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ("weave").