web
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See also: Web
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
web (plural webs)
- The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.
- Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
- Hawthorne
- the sombre spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a single thread of rose-colour or gold
- Washington Irving
- Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures.
- Hawthorne
- Specifically, the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).
- Let me search the web for that.
- (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- He caught the ball in the web.
- A latticed or woven structure.
- The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
- George Bancroft
- The colonists were forbidden to manufacture any woollen, or linen, or cotton fabrics; not a web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, on penalty of exile.
- The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
- A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
- 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.
- (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
- (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
- A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
- Fairfax
- And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead.
- Fairfax
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms of "web"
Translations[edit]
spiderweb — see spiderweb
any interconnected set of persons, places, or things
the World Wide Web (also spelled Web)
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the part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing
a latticed or woven structure
the thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top and bottom of the rail
a fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds
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a continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing
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Proper noun[edit]
the web
- Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.
- I found it on the web.
Verb[edit]
web (third-person singular simple present webs, present participle webbing, simple past and past participle webbed)
- (intransitive) to construct or form a web
- (transitive) to cover with a web or network
- (transitive) to ensnare or entangle
- (transitive) to provide with a web
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
web m (plural webs)
Noun[edit]
web f (plural webs)
- Clipping of pàgina web.
Further reading[edit]
- “web” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ʋɛp/
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- (Limburg) IPA(key): /wɛp/, /wɛb/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /wɛp/, /β̞ɛp/
- (Suriname) IPA(key): /wɛp/
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *web, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).
Noun[edit]
web n (plural webben, diminutive webje n)
- web
- the World Wide Web
German[edit]
Verb[edit]
web
- Imperative singular of weben.
- (colloquial) First-person singular present of weben.
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from English web.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
web (plural webek)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | web | webek |
| accusative | webet | webeket |
| dative | webnek | webeknek |
| instrumental | webbel | webekkel |
| causal-final | webért | webekért |
| translative | webbé | webekké |
| terminative | webig | webekig |
| essive-formal | webként | webekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | webben | webekben |
| superessive | weben | webeken |
| adessive | webnél | webeknél |
| illative | webbe | webekbe |
| sublative | webre | webekre |
| allative | webhez | webekhez |
| elative | webből | webekből |
| delative | webről | webekről |
| ablative | webtől | webektől |
| Possessive forms of web | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | webem | webjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | webed | webjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | webje | webjei |
| 1st person plural | webünk | webjeink |
| 2nd person plural | webetek | webjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | webjük | webjeik |
Derived terms[edit]
(Compound words):
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
web m (invariable)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
web f (uncountable)
- the World Wide Web
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
web f (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “web” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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