A Quick and Simple Dictionary

Web

1. Proper noun.  (context, perhaps) The World Wide Web.
2. Noun.  The silken structure a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.Image:Spinnennetz im Gegenlicht.jpg|thumb|right|A spider's web.
3. Noun.  Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
4. Noun.  ''Specifically'', the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).
5. Noun.  (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. File:Baseball glove.png|thumb|right|A baseball glove, with a '''web''' between the thumb and forefinger.
6. Noun.  A latticed or woven structure.
7. Noun.  The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
8. Noun.  (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail. image:rail profile.svg|thumb|right|Profile of flat-bottomed and bullhead railway rail showing the '''web'''.
9. Noun.  A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
10. Noun.  (context, manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
11. Noun.  (context, lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
12. Proper noun.  (alternative capitalization of, Web) : the World Wide Web.
13. Verb.  (intransitive) to construct or form a web.
14. Verb.  (transitive) to cover with a web or network.
15. Verb.  (transitive) to ensnare or entangle.
16. Verb.  (transitive) to provide with a web.