What is the meaning of web?

Noun

  • (n.) web (an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving) "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
  • (n.) web, entanglement (an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim)
  • (n.) vane, web (the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft)
  • (n.) network, web (an interconnected system of things or people) "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"
  • (n.) World Wide Web, WWW, web (computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol)
  • (n.) web (a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven))
  • (n.) web (membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals)

Verb

  • (v.) web, net (construct or form a web, as if by weaving).
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APAWordNet. (2010). web. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/web/definitions/1197000
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "web" http://smartdefine.org/web/definitions/1197000 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, web, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/web/definitions/1197000>.
MLAWordNet. "web" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/web/definitions/1197000>
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