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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. | | | 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. | | | 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 lar
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ge 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. | | 16. | (usually initial capital letter ) Computers. World Wide Web. | |
–verb (used with object) | 17. | to cover with or as if with a web; envelop. | | 18. | to ensnare or entrap. | –verb (used without object) | 19. | to make or form a web. | |
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Auction Definition–noun | 1. | Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. | | 2. | Cards. | b. | (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfill. | | –verb (used with object) | 3. | to sell by auction (often fol. by off): He auctioned off his furniture. | |
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