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 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. | | 18. |
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Mail Definition–noun | 1. | letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail. | | 2. | a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered: to open one's mail; to find a bill in the mail; The mail for England was put on the noon plane. | | 3. | Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system: to buy clothes by mail. | | 4. | a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter. | | 5. | electronic mail; e-mail. | –adjective | 6. | of or pertaining to mail. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission. | | 8. | to transmit by electronic mail. | —Idiom | 9. | copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission. | |
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