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web

/wɛb/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about web at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
    The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.
  2. Any of several similar materials, such as that created by tent caterpillars.
  3. Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
    web of lies

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.
    Let me search the web for that.

verb

  1. To construct or form a web.
  2. To cover with a web or network.
  3. To ensnare or entangle.

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”).

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