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say it: web
web is a noun and verb meaning "an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving". It carries 8 recorded senses.
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
“the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn”
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
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”
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for web come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.