web

See also: Web

English

Etymology

From Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛb/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

web (plural webs)

1. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
   

   A spider's web

   The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

2. 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.

3. Specifically, the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).

   Let me search the web for that.

4. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
   

   A baseball glove, with a web between the thumb and forefinger

   He caught the ball in the web.

5. 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.

6. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
7. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
   

   Profile of flat-bottomed and bullhead railway rail showing the web
8. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
9. 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.
10. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
11. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
12. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
13. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
    • Fairfax

      And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead.

    1. The blade of a sword.
       • Fairfax

         The sword, whereof the web was steel, / Pommel rich stone, hilt gold.

    2. The blade of a saw.
    3. The thin, sharp part of a colter.
    4. The bit of a key.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms of web

• cobweb

• interweb

• spiderweb

• subweb

Derived terms

Derived terms of "web"

• webathon
• webbed
• webber
• webbing
• webbook
• webby
• webcam
• webcammer
• webcap
• webcast
• webcasting
• webchat
• webcomic
• webconference
• WebDAV

• webform
• webhead
• webify
• webinar
• webisode
• webize
• webless
• weblication
• weblike
• weblink
• webliography
• weblish
• Weblish
• weblog
• weblogger

• weblogging
• webmag
• webmail
• webmaster
• webmeister
• webmistress
• webocracy
• webography
• webpage
• webphone
• webphone
• webpreneur
• webring
• webroot

• webserver
• webshop
• website
• webspinner
• webster
• websurfer
• webtoon
• webtop
• webumentary
• webutation
• webwinkel
• webwork
• webworm
• webzine

Translations

spiderweb — see spiderweb

any interconnected set of persons, places, or things

• Afrikaans: web
• Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
• Finnish: verkosto (fi)
• French: réseau (fr) m
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli)
• Greek: ιστός (el) m (istós), δίκτυο (el) n (díktyo)
• Italian: rete (it)

• Macedonian: мрежа f (mreža)
• Polish: sieć (pl) f
• Portuguese: rede (pt) f
• Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ)
• Vietnamese: mạng (vi)
• Yiddish: וועב m (veb)

the World Wide Web (also spelled Web)

• Afrikaans: web
• Belarusian: вэб m (veb)
• Bengali: ওয়েব (oyeb)
• Bulgarian: уе́б m (uéb)
• Burmese: ဝက်ဘ် (wakbh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬維網 (zh), 万维网 (zh) (wànwéiwǎng)

• Dutch: net (nl) n, web (nl) n
• Estonian: veeb
• Finnish: verkko (fi)
• French: Web (fr) m, Toile (fr) f
• Georgian: ვები (vebi)
• German: Web (de) n
• Greek: Διαδίκτυο n (Diadíktyo), Ιστός m (Istós)
• Hindi: वेब (veb)
• Ido: reto (io)

• Italian: Web m, Rete f
• Japanese: ウェブ (ja) (webu)
• Kazakh: ғаламтор (ğalamtor)
• Korean: 웹 (wep)
• Lao: ເວັບ (wep)
• Macedonian: пајажина f (pajážina), веб (veb)
• Polish: sieć (pl) f
• Portuguese: net (pt) f, rede (pt) f, web (pt) f
• Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ), веб (ru) m (vɛb), интерне́т (ru) m (intɛrnɛ́t) (Internet), всеми́рная паути́на f (vsemírnaja pautína)
• Swedish: webb (sv) n, webb (sv) c
• Thai: เว็บ (wép)
• Turkish: Web (tr)
• Ukrainian: веб m (veb)
• Vietnamese: mạng (vi)
• Welsh: Gwe fyd-eang (cy)
• Yiddish: וועב m (veb)

the part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing

• Afrikaans: web
• Catalan: membrana (ca) f

• Finnish: verkko (fi)
• French: panier (fr) m, poche (fr) f

a latticed or woven structure

• Finnish: ristikko (fi), punos
• Greek: ιστός (el) m (istós), πλέγμα (el) n (plégma), δίχτυ (el) n (díchty)

• Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ), се́тка (ru) f (sétka)

interconnection between flanges

• French: âme (fr) f

the thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top and bottom of the rail

• Finnish: varsi (fi)

• French: âme (fr) f (de rail)

a fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds

• Afrikaans: web
• Finnish: räpylä (fi)
• French: palmure (fr) f
• Greek: νηκτική μεμβράνη f (niktikí memvráni)

• Irish: scamall m
• Polish: błona pławna f
• Portuguese: palmura f
• Russian: перепо́нка (ru) f (perepónka)

a continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing

• Finnish: nauha (fi)

• French: bobine (fr) f, bande (fr) f

a long sheet of paper

• Finnish: nauha (fi)

• French: bande (fr) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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• Azeri: tor (az)
• Cebuano: lawâ
• Chinese: 网 (wăng)
• Estonian: võrk
• German: Netz (de) n

• Norwegian: nett (no) n, vev n
• Persian: تار عنکبوت
• Russian: сеть (set')
• Turkish: ağ (tr)
• Ukrainian: мережа (merezha)

Proper noun

the web

1. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.

   I found it on the web.

Verb

web (third-person singular simple present webs, present participle webbing, simple past and past participle webbed)

1. (intransitive) to construct or form a web
2. (transitive) to cover with a web or network
3. (transitive) to ensnare or entangle
4. (transitive) to provide with a web

Translations

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} nettverke

Anagrams

• WBE

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from English web.

Noun

web m (plural webs)

1. web, net, internet
2. Short for lloc web.

Noun

web f (plural webs)

1. Short for pàgina web.

Further reading

• “web” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ʋɛp/

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• (Limburg) IPA^(key): /wɛp/, /wɛb/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /wɛp/, /β̞ɛp/
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): /wɛp/

Etymology

From Old Dutch *web, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Noun

web n (plural webben, diminutive webje n)

1. web
2. the World Wide Web

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German

Verb

web

1. Imperative singular of weben.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of weben.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛb]

Noun

web (plural webek)

1. (computing) web (Internet)

Declension

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

• webes

(Compound words):

• webalkalmazás
• webáruház
• webcím
• webergonómia
• webkamera
• weblap
• weboldal
• webszerver

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English web.

Noun

web m (invariable)

1. (computing) web (Internet)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English web.

Noun

web f (uncountable)

1. the World Wide Web

Synonyms

• rede, Internet, net

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɡ)web/

Noun

web f (uncountable)

1. (computing) web (Internet)
2. (computing) webpage, website

Derived terms

• página web

References

• “web” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.