Definitions
1.proper nounThe World Wide Web."Some of that content is now only available on the Web."
2.nounThe 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."
3.noun(by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
4.noun(sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web."Let me search the web for that."
5.nounThe part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing."He caught the ball in the web."
6.nounA latticed or woven structure."The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood."
7.noun(usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend."Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says."
8.nounA plot or scheme.
9.nounThe interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
10.nounThe thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
11.nounA fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
12.nounThe 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.
13.nounA continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
14.noun(lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
15.nounA band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
16.nounA thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
17.nounA major broadcasting network.
18.verbTo construct or form a web.
19.verbTo cover with a web or network.
20.verbTo ensnare or entangle.
21.verbTo provide with a web.
22.verbTo weave.