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/wɛb/
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wɛb
Noun
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
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The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. Any of several similar materials, such as that created by tent caterpillars.
Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
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The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures with which it is interwoven.
[T]he blame must rest on the sombre spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a single thread of rose-color or gold, and not on me, who have a tropic-love of sunshine, and would gladly gild all the world with it, if I knew where to find so much.
"But THAT! Was the OLDEN TIMES! A massive, worldwide web of global information has ENTANGLED THE WORLD! People in Beijing can read about a magical incident in Moperville in seconds, and have video of it in minutes!"
Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. A scheme.
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web of lies
She got lost in a web of international intrigue.
Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. The Internet; the World Wide Web.
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Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. A major broadcasting network.
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[…] the first big move toward a contract for television performers was made Friday (20) when the webs agreed to pay them according to the length of the show. […] Altho the major TV webs — NBC and CBS — may fall in line soon, an agreement may possibly be held up by the opposition of DuMont […]
ABC-TV this week put into effect its long anticipated plans to move into daytime programming in a bigger way by opening up its 4-5 across-the-board strip. The web is using its "Mickey Mouse Club," which is stoutly anchored in the 5-6 p.m. slot, as a backing up point for its afternoon expansion.
A latticed or woven structure.
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The gazebo’s roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
The colonists were forbidden to manufacture any woollen, or linen, or cotton fabrics ; not a web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, on penalty of exile.
A latticed or woven structure. The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
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He caught the ball in the web.
A latticed or woven structure. A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
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Senses related to an invented narrative A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
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Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.
a tangled web of deception
Senses related to an invented narrative A plot or scheme.
Any of several components that connect other components. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
Any of several components that connect other components. The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
Any of several components that connect other components. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds or of other animals.
Any of several components that connect other components. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds or of other animals. The abnormal webbing sometimes present between the fingers or toes in humans.
Any of several components that connect other components. A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
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 seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches.
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[…] And there with ſtately pompe by heapes they wend, / And Chriſtians ſlaine rolle vp in webs of lead […]
A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches. The blade of a sword.
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Argant a ſword, whereof the web was ſteele, / Pommell, rich ſtone ; hilts, gold, approu’d by tuch, / With rareſt workmanſhip all forged weele, / The curious art exceld the ſubſtance much.
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 cataract of the eye.
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Woven cloth or material.
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Woven cloth or material. A piece of cloth or fabric, as off the loom or being removed from a loom.
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She was presented with webs of the finest cloth, and with boxes of precious ointments.
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To construct or form a web.
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To cover with a web or network.
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The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger[…]
In the meantime continents were being ribbed with railways, the atmosphere was being webbed with telegraph wires connecting every important commercial centre[…]
To ensnare or entangle.
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To provide with a web.
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To weave.
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Item that the Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth shall weve werk[…]
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an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
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the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
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an interconnected system of things or people
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he owned a network of shops
retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life
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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
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a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
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Verb
construct or form a web, as if by weaving
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