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weblike

weblike

5.2
Having thin threads that form a net like a spider's web
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɛbˌlaɪk/
translation icon : en forma de red
  • The only red in the otherwise dirty gray walls was thin, weblike veins, and there were no gates, glowing or otherwise.

Examples

  • In the garden, the weblike pattern of the vines created a beautiful natural tapestry.

  • A few white, weblike hairs were carried in the air behind him (214).

    Academic text (1997)
  • She wonders when it was that her arms started to wrinkle, and has her face always seemed this weblike?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The difficulties the state leaders had in establishing control also had to do with what Joel Migdal has described as the weblike nature of third-world societies, which consists of "co-mingled, multiple sets of beliefs and memories."

    Academic text (2000)
  • Those gels consist of weblike filamentary networks of biopolymer embedded in the ambient extracellular or intracellular solution.

    Academic text (2005)
  • For instance, to enable students to better understand the infinite, nonlinear, netlike aspects of the internet and the weblike aspects of the World Wide Web, which include the idea of hyperlinks, students could be presented with a diagram of one net subject that has been "surfing" or they may construct their own diagram as they pursue a subject of interest.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The spider spun a weblike structure that resembled a delicate lacework.

  • The architect designed the building with weblike beams that allowed for open spaces and natural light.

Synonyms

lacy
vsweblike
1 3.2

Made of thin cloth with small open patterns

describes open, connected thread structure rather than decorative delicate pattern
webby
vsweblike
7.4

Having many thin connected threads like a spider's web

is the general term for having an open, connected thread structure
netlike
vsweblike
4.9

Having many small open spaces between thin crossing lines

is similar but applies to open spaces arranged as a mesh broadly
netted
vsweblike
4.4

Material with thin threads and many small holes

refers to the overall open, connected thread structure rather than only surface mesh
spiderwebbed
vsweblike
6.6

Having thin lines that form a shape like a spider's web

means the general open, connected thread arrangement rather than just surface markings
networklike
vsweblike
7.1

A pattern of many connected lines like leaf veins

focuses on open mesh formed by crossing threads rather than branching links

How Weblike

cobwebby
1 7.5
weblike
5.2
netlike
4.9

Surface Forms

weblike positive

Morphology

weblike = web (transparent) = web + like

The meaning is directly built from 'web' plus '-like', indicating resemblance to a web.

Etymology

Weblike comes from web meaning 'a woven net' and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. Think of weave: a spider weaves threads into a net, so weblike means 'having a structure like a web'.