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web in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
    web  entanglement 
  2. 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"
    network  web 
  3. the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
    vane  web 
  4. membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
    web 
  5. a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
    web 
  6. computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
    World Wide Web  WWW  web 
  7. an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
    "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
    web 
verb
  1. construct or form a web, as if by weaving
    web  net 
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