web

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Hyponyms of web

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms of "web"

Translations[edit]

spiderweb — see spiderweb
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Proper noun[edit]

the web

  1. 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)

  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

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Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English web.

Noun[edit]

web m ‎(plural webs)

  1. web, net, internet

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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)

  1. web
  2. the World Wide Web

German[edit]

Verb[edit]

web

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

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English web.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

web ‎(plural webek)

  1. (computing) web (Internet)

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]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English web.

Noun[edit]

web m ‎(invariable)

  1. (computing) web (Internet)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English web.

Noun[edit]

web f (uncountable)

  1. the World Wide Web

Synonyms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

web f ‎(uncountable)

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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