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Entry 21 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Web

/wĕb/ · IPA /wɛb/
01 n. A weaver.
  1. 1.
    A weaver.[Obs.]
02 n. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
  1. 1.
    That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
    “Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive.” — Spenser.
    “Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile.” — Bancroft.
  2. 2.
    A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
  3. 3.
    The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
  4. 4.
    Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.
    “The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold.” — Hawthorne.
    “Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures.” — W. Irving.
  5. 5.
    A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.(Carriages)
  6. 6.
    A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
    “And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead.” — Fairfax.
  7. 7.
    The blade of a sword.[Obs.]
    “The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel rich stone, hilt gold.” — Fairfax.
  8. 8.
    The blade of a saw.
  9. 9.
    The thin, sharp part of a colter.
  10. 10.
    The bit of a key.
  11. 11.
    A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object.(Mach. & Engin.)
  12. 12.
    The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.
  13. 13.
    A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
  14. 14.
    The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
  15. 15.
    The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.
  16. 16.
    Pterygium; -- called also webeye.(Med.) Also: webeye
  17. 17.
    The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.(Anat.)
  18. 18.
    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. See Feather.(Zool.) See: Feather
Phrases & compounds
Pin and web — two diseases of the eye, caligo and pterygium; -- sometimes wrongly explained as one disease. See Pin, n., 8, and Web, n., 8.
Web member — one of the braces in a web system.
Web press — a printing press which takes paper from a roll instead of being fed with sheets.
Web system — the system of braces connecting the flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like.
03 n. The world-wide web; -- usually referred to as the web.
  1. 1.
    The world-wide web; -- usually referred to as the web. Also: the web See: world-wide web
04 v. t. To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.
imp. & p. p. Webbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Webbing
  1. 1.
    To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.