proper noun
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The World Wide Web.
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Some of that content is now only available on the Web.
noun
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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.
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(by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
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(sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web.
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Let me search the web for that.
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The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
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He caught the ball in the web.
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A latticed or woven structure.
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The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
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(usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) 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.
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A plot or scheme.
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The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
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The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
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A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
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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.
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A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
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(lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
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A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
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A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
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A major broadcasting network.
verb
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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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To ensnare or entangle.
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To provide with a web.
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To weave.