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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

web / web/ • n. 1. a network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey. ∎  a similar filmy network spun by some insect larvae, esp. communal caterpillars. ∎ fig. a complex system of interconnected elements, esp. one perceived as a trap or danger: he found himself caught up in a web of bureaucracy. ∎  (the Web) short for World Wide Web. 2. a membrane between the toes of a swimming bird or other aquatic animal. ∎  a thin flat part connecting thicker or more solid parts in machinery. 3. a roll of paper used in a continuous printing process. ∎  the endless wire mesh in a papermaking machine on which such paper is made. 4. a piece of woven fabric. • v. (webbed , web·bing ) [intr.] move or hang so as to form a weblike shape: an intricate transportation network webs from coast to coast. ∎  [tr.] (usu. be webbed) cover with or as though with a web: she noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases. DERIVATIVES: web·like / -ˌlīk/ adj.

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Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Web

a texture; a fabrication; webbing collectively; a system. See also tissue.

Examples: web of conjecture; of crime and guilt, 1859; of glass (a quantity), 1545; of learning, 1605; of lies; of life; of miseries, 1577; of diplomatic negotiation, 1860; of thought, 1672; of woes, 1574; of criss-cross wrinkles, 1917.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

web Penelope's web in Greek mythology, the weaving of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, during his ten-year absence. She unravelled every night what she had woven by day, having told the many suitors who had gathered that she would not marry again until the work was finished.

See also a tangled web.
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

web.
1. Cell, compartment, infill, or severy between the ribs of a Gothic vault.

2. Vertical plate connecting two horizontal flanges or plates in a steel or iron l-beam.

3. Sheet of lead, e.g. on a roof.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

web woven fabric OE.; cobweb; tissue, membrane XIII. OE. web(b), corr. to OS. webbi (MDu. webbe, Du. web). OHG. wappi, weppi, ON. vefr :- Gmc. *wab̄jam, -az, f. *wab- WEAVE1.
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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

Web A term that is often used when referring to the WORLD WIDE WEB.
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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

web In 1997 the Internet Ad Hoc committee proposed a number of new names for DOMAINS. web is one of these and it represents Web services.
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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

Web See World Wide Web.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

web •Aurangzeb, bleb, celeb, deb, ebb, pleb, reb, web, Webb •Caleb • Deneb • Zagreb • cobweb

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