Web Definition–noun | 1. | something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving. |
| 2. | a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb. |
| 3. | Textiles. | a. | a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom. |
| b. | the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug. |
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| 4. | something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree. |
| 5. | an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life? |
| 6. | something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism. |
| 8. | Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds. |
| 9. | Ornithology. | a. | the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather. |
| b. | the series on both sides, collectively. |
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| 10. | an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss. |
| 11. | Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end. |
| 12. | Architecture. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing. |
| 13. | a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press. |
| 14. | a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country. |
| 15. | Informal. a network of radio or television broadcasting stations. |
–verb (used with object) | 17. | to cover with or as if with a web; envelop. |
–verb (used without object) | 19. | to make or form a web. |
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Art Definition–noun | 1. | the quality, pro
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duction, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. |
| 2. | the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection. |
| 3. | a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art. |
| 4. | the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture. |
| 5. | any field using the skills or techniques of art: advert
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ising art; industrial art. |
| 6. | (in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story? |
| 7. | the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling. |
| 8. | the craft or trade using these principles or methods. |
| 9. | skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation. |
| 10. | a branch of le
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arning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature. |
| 11. | arts, | a. | (used with a singular verb ) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences. |
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| 12. | skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature. |
| 13. | trickery; cunning: glib and devious art. |
| 14. | studied action; artificiality in behavior. |
| 15. | an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics. |
| 16. | Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship. |
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