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web

See also: Web and web-

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wɛb/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • 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.
    I found it on the 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[1]:
      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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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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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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Etymology

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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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Further reading

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  • “web”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Web.

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web n (uncountable, diminutive webje n)

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

German

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Verb

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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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Noun

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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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References

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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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  • IPA(key): [ˈwɛp̚]
  • Hyphenation: wèb

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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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Etymology

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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)

Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English web.

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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.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją.

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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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Etymology 2

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web

  1. Alternative form of webbe (“weaver”)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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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]
  • 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[2]:
      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

West Frisian

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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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Further reading

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