web

Meanings

Noun

• an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
  • "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
• an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
• the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
• an interconnected system of things or people
  • "tangled in a web of cloth"
• computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
• a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
• membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals

Verb

• construct or form a web, as if by weaving

Synonyms

entanglement, net, network, vane, World Wide Web, WWW