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English Dictionary: web by the DICT Development Group
6 results for web
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
web
n
  1. an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
  2. an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
    Synonym(s): web, entanglement
  3. the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
    Synonym(s): vane, web
  4. an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"
    Synonym(s): network, web
  5. computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
    Synonym(s): World Wide Web, WWW, web
  6. a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
  7. membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
v
  1. construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web, net]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Web \Web\, n. [OE. webbe, AS. webba. See {Weave}.]
      A weaver. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Web \Web\, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG.
      weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[84]f, Dan. v[91]v. See
      {Weave}.]
      1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp.,
            something woven in a loom.
  
                     Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her
                     wooers to deceive.                              --Spenser.
  
                     Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or
                     penalty of exile.                              --Bancroft.
  
      2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
  
      3. The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for
            catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. [bd]The smallest
            spider's web.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.
  
                     The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their
                     web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color
                     or gold.                                             --Hawthorne.
  
                     Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of
                     commentators that it is difficult to extricate the
                     truth from the web of conjectures.      --W. Irving.
  
      5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the
            extension of the hood.
  
      6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
  
                     And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
            Specifically:
            (a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.]
  
                           The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel
                           rich stone, hilt gold.                  --Fairfax.
            (b) The blade of a saw.
            (c) The thin, sharp part of a colter.
            (d) The bit of a key.
  
      7. (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or
            perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or
            other parts of an object. Specifically:
            (a) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the
                  upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron
                  girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.
            (b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of
                  spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds
                  of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
            (c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
            (d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and
                  the foot.
  
      8. (Med.) Pterygium; -- called also {webeye}. --Shak.
  
      9. (Anat.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes,
            either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of
            their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.
  
      10. (Zo[94]l.) 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. See {Feather}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Web \Web\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Webbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Webbing}.]
      To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to
      envelop; to entangle.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WEB
  
      {Donald Knuth}'s self-documenting {literate
      programming}, with {algorithm}s and {documentation} intermixed
      in one file.   They can be separated using {Weave} and
      {Tangle}.   Versions exist for {Pascal} and {C}.   {Spiderweb}
      can be used to create versions for other languages.
      {FunnelWeb} is a production-quality literate-programming tool.
  
      {(ftp://princeton.edu/)}, {(ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/)}.
  
      ["Literate Programming", D.E. Knuth, Computer J 27(2):97-111,
      May 1984].
  
      (1996-05-10)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Web
  
      "The Web" is the {World-Wide Web}.   "A web"
      is part of it on some specific {web site}.
  
      (1996-05-10)
  
  
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