15 dictionary results for: web
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[web] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, webbed, web·bing.
—Related forms
[web] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, webbed, web·bing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving. |
| 2. | a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb. |
| 3. | Textiles.
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| 4. | something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree. |
| 5. | an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life? |
| 6. | something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism. |
| 7. | webbing. |
| 8. | Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds. |
| 9. | Ornithology.
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| 10. | an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss. |
| 11. | Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end. |
| 12. | Architecture. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing. |
| 13. | a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press. |
| 14. | a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country. |
| 15. | Informal. a network of radio or television broadcasting stations. |
| 16. | (usually initial capital letter ) Computers. World Wide Web. |
| 17. | to cover with or as if with a web; envelop. |
| 18. | to ensnare or entrap. |
| 19. | to make or form a web. |
—Related forms
webless, adjective
weblike, adjective
—Synonyms 5. network, tissue, tangle, maze.
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| web
(wěb) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. webbed, web·bing, webs
[Middle English, from Old English; see webh- in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: The word Web is usually capitalized when referring to the World Wide Web: Many sites on the Web have information about used cars. In this use, however, the word is increasingly found lowercase, and this usage may become dominant. See Usage Note at website. |
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web
O.E. webb "woven fabric," from P.Gmc. *wabjan (cf. O.S. webbi, O.N. vefr, Du. webbe, O.H.G. weppi, Ger. gewebe "web"), from PIE *webh- (related to O.E. wefan; see weave). Meaning "spider's web" is first recorded c.1220. Applied to the membranes between the toes of ducks and other aquatic birds from 1576. Internet sense (usually capitalized) is from 1994, shortened from World Wide Web (1990); Website is also from 1994.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| web | |
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 |
| 3. | the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: vane] |
| 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" [syn: network] |
| 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 [syn: World Wide Web] |
| 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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(wěb) Pronunciation Key
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
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[Chapter:] Technology
Web
See Internet.
[Chapter:] Technology
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web (wěb)
n.
- A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain mammals.
- A structure of delicate, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders.
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Main Entry: web
Pronunciation: 'web
Function: noun
: a tissue or membrane of an animal or plant; especially : that uniting fingers or toeseither at their bases (as in humans) or for a greater part of their length (as in many waterbirds) —webbed /'webd/ adjective
Main Entry: web
Pronunciation: 'web
Function: noun
: a tissue or membrane of an animal or plant; especially : that uniting fingers or toeseither at their bases (as in humans) or for a greater part of their length (as in many waterbirds) —webbed /'webd/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
WEB language
Donald Knuth's self-documenting literate programming, with algorithms and documentation intermixed in one file. They can be separated using Weave and Tangle. Versions exist for Pascal and C. Spiderweb can be used to create versions for other languages. FunnelWeb is a production-quality literate-programming tool.
(ftp://princeton.edu/), (ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/).
["Literate Programming", D.E. Knuth, Computer J 27(2):97-111, May 1984].
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Web World-Wide Web
"The Web" is the World-Wide Web. "A web" is part of it on some specific website.
(1996-05-10)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Abb\ ([a^]b), n. [AS. [=a]web, [=a]b; pref. a- + web. See Web.] Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
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Weave\, v. t. [imp. Wove; p. p. Woven, Wove; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaving. The regular imp. & p. p. Weaved, is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v["a]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve, Gr. ?, v., ? web, Skr. ?r?av[=a]bhi spider, lit., wool weaver. Cf. Waper, Waffle, Web, Weevil, Weft, Woof.]1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately. This weaves itself, perforce, into my business. --Shak. That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons. --Milton. And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron. 2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story. When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak. Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld. Lytton.
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Web\, n. [OE. webbe, AS. webba. See Weave.] A weaver. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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