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1 6.8
To make a thin net of threads over something
  • verb
  • /wɛb/
translation icon : tejer
  • When Spider-Man webs him up, he teleports out of it and then stabs Spider-Man to death.

I honestly could not even tell you where this spider webs.

Examples

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

    Blog text (33)
  • Keep your distance, web them up.

  • 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.

  • 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

to weave
vsto web
62 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
to net
vsto web
3 3.6

To catch something by using a mesh

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

Antonyms

38 4.3

To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth

Compounds

web page
  • Texting
68 1.0

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

World Wide Web
  • Texting
24 2.3

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

web browser
  • Specialized
19 2.4

A program that finds and shows web pages on the internet

8 1.4

A fine silk net that a spider makes to catch insects

web server
  • Texting
8 3.5

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

food web
  • Specialized
3 3.4

A network of plants and animals showing who eats whom

2 1.0

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

web log
  • Texting
1 3.2

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

funnel web
  • Specialized
1 7.5

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

web TV
  • Texting
1 3.7

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

orb web
  • Specialized
7.4

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

6.8

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

web log
  • Specialized
3.5

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

Web Map Server
  • Specialized
4.6

A program that makes maps for websites from information about places

Web Map Service
  • Specialized
5.7

A computer service that provides maps you can view online

web celeb
  • Slang
5.9

A person who is famous because they post on the internet

web spinner
  • Specialized
9.9

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

web spinner
  • Texting
3.9

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

web television
  • Texting
3.8

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

web-spinning mite
  • Specialized
8.4

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

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
41 4.5
to blanket
28 4.2
to web
1 6.8
to patch
151 2.5
to spot
46 2.2

Surface Forms

web infinitive
webbed past
webbed past participle
weaving present participle
webs third person singular

Etymology

Web as a verb comes from the same old word for 'weave' and means to cover or connect with threads or patterns, just like a spider weaving its web.