something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
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a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb.
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Textiles.
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a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom.
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the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug.
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something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree.
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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?
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something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers
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caught in the web of international terrorism.
Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.
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Ornithology.
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the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather.
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the series on both sides, collectively.
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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.
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Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end.
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Architecture. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing.
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a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.
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a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country.
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Informal. a network of radio or television broadcasting stations.
1548, from L. designare "mark out, devise," from de- "out" + signare "to mark," from signum "a mark, sign." Originally in Eng. with the meaning now attached to designate (1646, from L. designatus, pp. of designare); many modern uses of design are metaphoric extensions. Designer (adj.) in the fashion sense of "prestigious" is first recorded 1966; designer drug is from 1983. Designing "scheming" is from 1671. Designated hitter introduced in American League baseball in 1973, soon giving wide figurative extension to designated.
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