to web

Examples

• All

• When can we expect to be able to web surf via our Roku system?

  Blog text (33)

• Keep your distance, web them up.

  Captain America: Civil War (2016)

• Strings of black hair web her cheeks.

  Fiction book (1996)

• You just throw out your hand as if you're casting a web like your spider man.

• Just web him.

  Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

• I love how I can just web-clip things right to notebook.

  Blog text (25)

• Weed webs its way from the river over the terrain, yielding to flexible dwarf ribbon trees and inflated lung plants.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The artist began to web together various strands of yarn to create a beautiful tapestry.

• As she started to web the intricate design, it became clear how skilled she was in her craft.

• The children excitedly watched as their teacher used a loom to web colorful threads into a stunning piece of art.

Synonyms

W

to weave

vsto web

77 3.5

To make cloth by crossing threads or to join things into a single piece

creates a spreading traplike covering or connection rather than making fabric

N

to net

vsto web

8 3.6

To catch something by using a mesh

focuses on creating a spreading traplike covering rather than catching or enclosing

Antonyms

U

to unravel

53 4.3

To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth

Compounds

W

web page

• Texting

74 1.0

A document on the internet that shows text, images, and links

W

World Wide Web

• Texting

26 2.3

A way to view and link pages on the Internet using a web browser

W

web browser

• Specialized

23 2.4

A program that finds and shows web pages on the internet

S

spider web

16 1.4

A fine silk net that a spider makes to catch insects

W

web server

• Texting

9 3.5

A computer or program that stores and sends website pages to people on the internet

F

food web

• Specialized

3 3.4

A network of plants and animals showing who eats whom

W

web TV

• Texting

3 3.7

A type of show that people watch only on the internet, not on regular TV

W

web log

• Texting

2 3.2

An online diary where a person writes about their life and ideas

W

web log

• Specialized

1 3.5

A file a website keeps that shows who visited which pages and when

F

funnel web

• Specialized

1 7.5

A web shaped like a funnel that spiders make to catch insects

S

spider's web

1 1.0

A fine net of silk that a spider makes to catch insects

W

web television

• Texting

1 3.8

Shows or series made for the internet rather than for TV broadcast

O

orb web

• Specialized

1 7.4

A round spider net with straight lines from the center and rings of sticky thread

W

Web Map Service

• Specialized

1 5.7

A computer service that provides maps you can view online

S

sheet web

1 6.8

A flat net of spider silk that hangs like a small hammock

W

web celeb

• Slang

1 5.9

A person who is famous because they post on the internet

W

web spinner

• Texting

1 3.9

A small spinning image on a website that shows the page is loading

W

Web Map Server

• Specialized

4.6

A program that makes maps for websites from information about places

W

web spinner

• Specialized

9.9

A slender tropical insect that lives in colonies and spins silk tunnels for nests

W

web-spinning mite

• Specialized

8.4

A tiny animal that makes fine webs on plant leaves and eats them

W

web-toed salamander

• Specialized

9.9

A small water-and-land animal with webbed toes and a long tongue used to catch insects and climb smooth rocks

How Covered

to envelop

34 4.5

to blanket

26 4.2

to web

2 6.8

to patch

127 2.5

to spot

3 2.2

Surface Forms

Etymology