webs

Meaning of webs

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. (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
  3. (sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web.
    Let me search the web for that.
  4. The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
    He caught the ball in the web.
  5. A latticed or woven structure.
    The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
  6. (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) 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.
  7. A plot or scheme.
  8. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
  9. The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
  10. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
  11. The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
  12. A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
  13. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
  14. A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
  15. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
  16. A major broadcasting network.
verb
  1. To construct or form a web.
  2. To cover with a web or network.
  3. To ensnare or entangle.
  4. To provide with a web.
  5. To weave.

Information about webs

Hyphenation of webs

webs

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • webs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

webs synonyms

Meaning :

yarn

Words that rhyme with webs

cobwebs, spiderwebs

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