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 seri
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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
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| 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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Site Definition–noun | 1. | the position or location of a town, building, etc., esp. as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin. |
| 2. | the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located: the site of ancient Troy. |
–verb (used with object) | 4. | to place in or provide with a site; locate. |
| 5. | to put in position for operation, as artillery: to site a cannon. |
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Design Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), esp. to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge. |
| 2. | to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully. |
| 3. | to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students. |
| 4. | to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape. |
| 5. | to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor. |
| 6. | Obsolete. to mark out, as by a sign; indicate. |
–verb (used without object) | 7. | to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans. |
| 8. | to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc. |
–noun | 9. | an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed. |
| 10. | organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition. |
| 11. | the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet. |
| 12. | the art of designing: a school of design. |
| 13. | a plan or project: a design for a new process. |
| 14. | a plot or intrigue, esp. an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him. |
| 15. | designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock. |
| 16. | intention; purpose; end. |
| 17. | adaptation of means to a preconceived end. |
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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. |
| 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
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| 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. |
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| 10. | a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. |
| 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. |
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| 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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