web — ozdic

Collocations

19

1

(noun.) that a spider makes

ADJ

spider/spider's

VERB + WEB

build, make, spin, weave

2

(noun.) complicated series/network of sth

ADJ

complex, complicated, intricate, tangled

VERB + WEB

create, form, weave

The spider wove an intricate web across the corner of the window overnight.

be drawn into

She didn't realize she was being drawn into a web of lies until it was too late.

PHRASES

a web of deceit/deception, a web of intrigue, a web of relationships 3 the Web

VERB + WEB

access | browse, surf

WEB + NOUN

PREP

on the ~

You can find thousands of free recipes on the web if you search carefully.

Definitions

noun

1

The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

2

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.

The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures with which it is interwoven.

[T]he blame must rest on the sombre spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a single thread of rose-color or gold, and not on me, who have a tropic-love of sunshine, and would gladly gild all the world with it, if I knew where to find so much.

3

The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

He caught the ball in the web.

4

A latticed or woven structure.

The gazebo’s roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.

The colonists were forbidden to manufacture any woollen, or linen, or cotton fabrics ; not a web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, on penalty of exile.

5

A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.

Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.

name

1

Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.

Let me search the web for that.

No, the web probably isn't addictive in the sense that nicotine or heroin are; no, Facebook and Twitter aren't guilty of "killing conversation" or corroding real-life friendship or making children autistic.

verb

1

To construct or form a web.

2

To cover with a web or network.

The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger[…]

In the meantime continents were being ribbed with railways, the atmosphere was being webbed with telegraph wires connecting every important commercial centre[…]

3

To ensnare or entangle.

4

To provide with a web.

5

To weave.

Item that the Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth shall weve werk[…]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a seri

vane

noun — an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

entanglement

noun — computer network consisting of a collection of internet site

www

noun — an interconnected system of things or people

network

verb — construct or form a web, as if by weaving

net

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

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02

The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the w

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03

[T]he blame must rest on the sombre spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a single thread of rose-color or gold, and not on me, who have a tropic-love of sunshine, and woul

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04

Let me search the web for that.

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05

No, the web probably isn't addictive in the sense that nicotine or heroin are; no, Facebook and Twitter aren't guilty of "killing conversation" or corroding real-life friendship or making children aut

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06

The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, web is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.