web
pronunciation
How to pronounce web in British English:
UK [web]
How to pronounce web in American English:
US [web]
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- Noun:
- an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- 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
- 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
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- Verb:
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
Word Origin
- web
- web: [OE] A web is etymologically something ‘woven’. In common with Dutch web, Swedish väf, and Danish voev, the word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *wabjam. This was derived from the base *wab-, *web-, which also produced English weave ‘make cloth’. The derivative webster [OE] originally denoted a ‘female weaver’, but it now survives only as a surname.=> weave
- web (n.)
- Old English webb "woven fabric, woven work, tapestry," from Proto-Germanic *wabjam "fabric, web" (cognates: Old Saxon webbi, Old Norse vefr, Dutch webbe, Old High German weppi, German gewebe "web"), from PIE *webh- "to weave" (see weave (v.)). Meaning "spider's web" is first recorded early 13c. Applied to the membranes between the toes of ducks and other aquatic birds from 1570s. Internet sense is from 1992, shortened from World Wide Web (1990). Web browser, web page both also attested 1990.
Example
- 1. Globalisation has created a web of mutual interests .
- 2. This recognition is the foundation of web evolution research .
- 3. Water fasting helped immensely in clearing that web and giving me a new start .
- 4. The web is a young medium .
- 5. The web is a cluttered place .