Definition of: web

(web) noun
1. Textile fabric, especially as in the piece or as being woven in a loom.
2. A long sheet or roll of material formed like a web of cloth; especially, a roll of paper as it comes from the mill.
3. The network of delicate threads spun by a spider to entrap its prey; a cobweb.
4. Any complex network: a web of highways; anything artfully contrived or elaborated into a trap or snare: a web of espionage.
5. Zool. A membrane or fold of skin connecting the digits of an animal, as in aquatic birds, otters, bats, frogs, etc.
6. Ornithol. The series of barbs on either side of the shaft of a feather; the vane.
7. Mech. A plate or sheet, as of metal, connecting the heavier sections, ribs, frames, etc., of any tool or mechanical element.
8. The plate between the flange and head of a railroad rail.
9. Archit. The part of a ribbed vault between the ribs.
10. Anat. A membrane; tissue; tela.
11. A thin metal plate, as the blade of a saw or sword, or the bit of a key.
—pin and web A darkening speck on the cornea, with a film spreading fanwise from the cornea.
—v.t. webbed, web·bing
1. To provide with a web.
2. To cover or surround with a web; entangle. [OE. Akin to WEAVE, WEFT.]