Word: Web
How to pronounce: web
Noun
Definitions:
1. A network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey.
Example sentences: "Although many spiders have relatively poor eyesight - those that use webs to trap prey have no need for acute vision, Nelson says; jumping spiders are an exception."
2. A complex system of interconnected elements.
Example sentences: "He found himself caught up in a web of bureaucracy"
3. A membrane between the toes of a swimming bird or other aquatic animal.
Example sentences: "Then, as the duck draws its foot forward and brings the toes together, the web folds up so there is less resistance to the water."
4. A roll of paper used in a continuous printing process.
Example sentences: "Assume a moving web of paper approximately 6.6 m wide, moving at thousands of feet per minute."
5. A piece of woven fabric.
Example sentences: "Every woman made her web and bleached it herself, and the price never rose higher than 2 shillings a yard, and with this cloth almost everyone was clothed."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Cover with or as though with a web.
Synonyms:
network
spider web
networking
internet
net
www
snare
toils
vane
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Italian: Web
Turkish: Internet
