Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun web

7 senses of web

Sense 1
web -- (an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn")
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")

Sense 2
web, entanglement -- (an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim)
       => trap -- (a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned)

Sense 3
vane, web -- (the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft)
       => blade -- (a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue))

Sense 4
network, web -- (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")
       => system, scheme -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going")

Sense 5
World Wide Web, WWW, web -- (computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol)
       => computer network -- ((computer science) a network of computers)

Sense 6
web -- (a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven))
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Sense 7
web -- (membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals)
       => membrane, tissue layer -- (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb web

1 sense of web

Sense 1
web, net -- (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)
       => weave, tissue -- (create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles")

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