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English

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A spider's web (sense 1)
A baseball glove, with a web (sense 3) between the thumb and forefinger
Profile of flat-bottomed and bullhead railway rail showing the web (sense 8)

Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
    Proto-Germanic *webaną
    Proto-Germanic *wabją
    Old English webb
    Middle English web
    English web

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

    Cognates

    Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), West Frisian, Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /wɛb/
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    • Rhymes: -ɛb

    Noun

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    web (plural webs)

    2. 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.
    3. (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
      • 1828, Washington Irving, “Birth, Parentage, and Education of Columbus”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book I, page 3:
        The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures with which it is interwoven.
      • 1851 (indicated as 1852), Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Main-Street”, in The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 96:
        [T]he blame must rest on the sombre spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a single thread of rose-color or gold, and not on me, who have a tropic-love of sunshine, and would gladly gild all the world with it, if I knew where to find so much.
      • 2018 February 14, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018:
        "But THAT! Was the OLDEN TIMES! A massive, worldwide web of global information has ENTANGLED THE WORLD! People in Beijing can read about a magical incident in Moperville in seconds, and have video of it in minutes!"
    5. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
      He caught the ball in the web.
    6. A latticed or woven structure.
      The gazebo’s roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
      • 1866, George Bancroft, “New Netherland”, in History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the American Continent, 21st edition, volume II, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, page 281:
        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.
    7. (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
      Synonym: yarn
      Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.
    8. A plot or scheme.
    9. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
    11. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
      Coordinate terms: head, foot
    12. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
    13. 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.
    14. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
    15. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
    17. (glassblowing, obsolete) A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches.
      Synonym: way
    18. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
    19. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
      1. The blade of a sword.
      2. The blade of a saw.
      3. The thin, sharp part of a colter.
      4. The bit of a key.
    20. (dated, US, radio, television) A major broadcasting network.
      • 1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 43, page 9:
        […] the first big move toward a contract for television performers was made Friday (20) when the webs agreed to pay them according to the length of the show. […] Altho the major TV webs — NBC and CBS — may fall in line soon, an agreement may possibly be held up by the opposition of DuMont […]
      • 1955, Billboard, page 5:
        ABC-TV this week put into effect its long anticipated plans to move into daytime programming in a bigger way by opening up its 4-5 across-the-board strip. The web is using its "Mickey Mouse Club," which is stoutly anchored in the 5-6 p.m. slot, as a backing up point for its afternoon expansion.
    21. (architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
    22. (medicine, archaic) A cataract of the eye.
      Synonyms: pin and web, web and pin

    Hyponyms

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    Derived terms of "web"

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    Proper noun

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    the web

    2. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.
      Let me search the web for that.
      • 2013 May 13, Oliver Burkeman, “Conscious computing: how to take control of your life online”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
        No, the web probably isn't addictive in the sense that nicotine or heroin are; no, Facebook and Twitter aren't guilty of "killing conversation" or corroding real-life friendship or making children autistic.

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    Verb

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    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.
      • 1853 June 21, R. C. Stone, “A New Insect”, in Simon Brown, editor, The New England Farmer, volume V, Boston: Raynolds & Nourse, page 362:
        The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger […]
      • 1895, “Has Gold Risen?”, in The Forum, volume XVIII, New York: The Forum Publishing Co., page 577:
        In the meantime continents were being ribbed with railways, the atmosphere was being webbed with telegraph wires connecting every important commercial centre […]
    3. (transitive) To ensnare or entangle.
    4. (transitive) To provide with a web.
    5. (transitive, obsolete) To weave.
      • 1511–12, “An Act agaynst deceyptfull making of Wollen Cloth”, in The Statures of the Realm, volume III, London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, published 1963, page 28:
        Item that the Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth shall weve werk […]
        [paraphrase] Likewise, that the weaver who is to weave any woollen yarn to be woven into cloth shall weave it well.

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    Catalan

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    Borrowed from English web.

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    Noun

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    web m (plural webs)

    1. web, net, internet
    2. clipping of lloc web

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    web f (plural webs)

    1. clipping of pàgina web

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    Czech

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    Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Borrowed from English web.

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    Noun

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    web m inan (relational adjective webový)

    1. the World Wide Web, the Internet
    2. web page
      Synonym: webová stránka

    Declension

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    Declension of web (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative web weby
    genitive webu webů
    dative webu webům
    accusative web weby
    vocative webe weby
    locative webu webech
    instrumental webem weby

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    Dutch

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    web n (plural webben, diminutive webje n or webbetje n)

    1. web (spiderweb)
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    • Afrikaans: web

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    Borrowed from English Web.

    Noun

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    web n (uncountable, diminutive webje n)

    1. (Internet) the Web, the World Wide Web
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    Further reading

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    • “web” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
    • web on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    < English web

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    Noun

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    web

    1. synonym of verkko (“web, www”)

    Declension

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    Inflection of web (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    nominative web webit
    genitive webin webien
    partitive webiä webejä
    illative webiin webeihin
    singular plural
    nominative web webit
    accusative nom. web webit
    gen. webin
    genitive webin webien
    partitive webiä webejä
    inessive webissä webeissä
    elative webistä webeistä
    illative webiin webeihin
    adessive webillä webeillä
    ablative webiltä webeiltä
    allative webille webeille
    essive webinä webeinä
    translative webiksi webeiksi
    abessive webittä webeittä
    instructive — webein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of web (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative webini webini
    accusative nom. webini webini
    gen. webini
    genitive webini webieni
    partitive webiäni webejäni
    inessive webissäni webeissäni
    elative webistäni webeistäni
    illative webiini webeihini
    adessive webilläni webeilläni
    ablative webiltäni webeiltäni
    allative webilleni webeilleni
    essive webinäni webeinäni
    translative webikseni webeikseni
    abessive webittäni webeittäni
    instructive — —
    comitative — webeineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative webisi webisi
    accusative nom. webisi webisi
    gen. webisi
    genitive webisi webiesi
    partitive webiäsi webejäsi
    inessive webissäsi webeissäsi
    elative webistäsi webeistäsi
    illative webiisi webeihisi
    adessive webilläsi webeilläsi
    ablative webiltäsi webeiltäsi
    allative webillesi webeillesi
    essive webinäsi webeinäsi
    translative webiksesi webeiksesi
    abessive webittäsi webeittäsi
    instructive — —
    comitative — webeinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative webimme webimme
    accusative nom. webimme webimme
    gen. webimme
    genitive webimme webiemme
    partitive webiämme webejämme
    inessive webissämme webeissämme
    elative webistämme webeistämme
    illative webiimme webeihimme
    adessive webillämme webeillämme
    ablative webiltämme webeiltämme
    allative webillemme webeillemme
    essive webinämme webeinämme
    translative webiksemme webeiksemme
    abessive webittämme webeittämme
    instructive — —
    comitative — webeinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative webinne webinne
    accusative nom. webinne webinne
    gen. webinne
    genitive webinne webienne
    partitive webiänne webejänne
    inessive webissänne webeissänne
    elative webistänne webeistänne
    illative webiinne webeihinne
    adessive webillänne webeillänne
    ablative webiltänne webeiltänne
    allative webillenne webeillenne
    essive webinänne webeinänne
    translative webiksenne webeiksenne
    abessive webittänne webeittänne
    instructive — —
    comitative — webeinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative webinsä webinsä
    accusative nom. webinsä webinsä
    gen. webinsä
    genitive webinsä webiensä
    partitive webiään
    webiänsä     		webejään
    webejänsä
    inessive webissään
    webissänsä     		webeissään
    webeissänsä
    elative webistään
    webistänsä     		webeistään
    webeistänsä
    illative webiinsä webeihinsä
    adessive webillään
    webillänsä     		webeillään
    webeillänsä
    ablative webiltään
    webiltänsä     		webeiltään
    webeiltänsä
    allative webilleen
    webillensä     		webeilleen
    webeillensä
    essive webinään
    webinänsä     		webeinään
    webeinänsä
    translative webikseen
    webiksensä     		webeikseen
    webeiksensä
    abessive webittään
    webittänsä     		webeittään
    webeittänsä
    instructive — —
    comitative — webeineen
    webeinensä

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    web m

    1. alternative letter-case form of Web

    Galician

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English web. The sense of "webpage" may be influenced by Spanish web.

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    web f (countable and uncountable, plural webs) (Internet)

    1. web (Internet)
    2. (countable) webpage, website
      Synonyms: páxina, páxina web

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    web

    1. singular imperative of weben
    2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of weben

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English web.[1]

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    web (plural webek)

    1. (computing) web (Internet)

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    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
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		webé webeké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		webéi webekéi
    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

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    1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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

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    web (plural web-web)

    1. (computing) web, the Web
    2. (computing) network
      Synonyms: jejaring, jaringan

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    Italian

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    Unadapted borrowing from English web.

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    web m (invariable)

    1. (computing) web (Internet)

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    1. ^ web in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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    Alternative forms

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    Borrowed from English web.

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    Noun

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    web(ウェブ) • (webu) 

    1. the Internet
      web(ウェブ)上(じょう)で公(こう)開(かい)された
      webu-jō de kōkai sareta
      made public online
      web(ウェブ)番(ばん)組(ぐみ)
      webu-bangumi
      online program

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    • Capitalization may follow English conventions.

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    Etymology 1

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  • From Old English webb,[1] from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją. The Southwest Midland form weob shows a development of /ɛ/ into /œ/ under the influence of the preceding /w/ and the following labial (like hweolp, tweolf, weopmon).[2]

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    web (plural webbes)

    1. Woven fabric; fabric manufactured by weaving.
    2. A woven garment or belt.
    3. A spiderweb (net created by a spider)
    4. (by extension) A thin layer of material or tissue.
    5. An opaque growth caused by disease or illness.
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    1. ^ “web, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.
    2. ^ Jordan, Richard (1974),  Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 218)‎[1], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 34, page 59.

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    Noun

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    web

    1. alternative form of webbe (“weaver”)

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    Unadapted borrowing from English web.

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈɛ.bi/ [ʊˈɛ.bi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɛ.bi/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈɛ.be/ [ʊˈɛ.be], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɛ.be/

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    web f (uncountable)

    1. the World Wide Web
      Synonyms: rede, Internet, net

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English web.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈweb/ [ˈweβ̞], /ˈɡweb/ [ˈɡweβ̞], /ˈw̝eb/ [ˈw̝eβ̞]
    • Rhymes: -eb
    • Syllabification: web

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    web f (countable and uncountable, plural webs) (Internet)

    1. web (Internet)
    2. (countable) webpage, website
      Synonyms: página, página web
      • 2022 February 25, Manuel G. Pascual, “La ciberguerra de Rusia contra Ucrania nunca ha acabado [Russia's cyberwar against Ukraine never ended]”, in El País‎[3]:
        La semana pasada se registraron también ciberataques dirigidos a las webs del Ministerio de Defensa ucranio, a la del ejército y a las de bancos estatales.
        Last week cyberattacks on the websites of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the army, and state banks were also recorded.

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    Vietnamese

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    Etymology

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    From English web.

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    (classifier cái, con) web

    1. website
      tạo một con web
      to create a website

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    Etymology

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    From Old Frisian webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją.

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    web n (plural webben, diminutive webke)

    1. web
    2. World Wide Web

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    • “web”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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