Web Definition
wĕb
webbed, webbing, webs
noun
webs
Any woven fabric; esp., a length of cloth being woven on a loom or just taken off.
Webster's New World
The structural part of cloth.
American Heritage
The woven or spun network of a spider; cobweb.
Webster's New World
A similar network spun by the larvae of certain insects.
Webster's New World
A carefully woven trap or snare.
Webster's New World
pronoun
Alternative capitalization of Web: the World Wide Web.
I found it on the web.
Wiktionary
verb
webbed, webbing, webs
To join by or as by a web.
Webster's New World
To catch or snare in or as in a web.
Webster's New World
To cover with or as with a web.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Web
Noun
Singular:
web
Plural:
websOrigin of Web
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From Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabjÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *webÊ°- (“weave").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English webh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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