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.

7.

webbing.

8.	Zoology. 634 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 large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.

14.	a network of interlinked stations, serv 63a ices, 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.

Company Definition

–noun

1.	a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.

2.	a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner.

3.	an assemblage of persons for social purposes.

4.	companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.

5.	one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps.

6.	society collectively.

7.	a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company.

8.	(initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically nam 3e8 ed in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company.

9.	Military. a. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. b. any relatively small group of soldiers. c. Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.

10.	a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company.

11.	Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers.

12.	a medieval trade guild.

13.	the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

–verb (used without object)

14.	Archaic. to associate.

–verb (used with object)

15.	Archaic. to accompany.

—Idioms

16.	keep company, a. to associate with; be a friend of. b. Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.

17.	part company, a. to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. b. to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. c. to separate: We parted company at the airport.

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