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 series on both sides, collectively. |
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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 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. |
–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 en
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vironment: 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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Promotion Definition–noun | 1. | advancement in rank or position. |
| 2. | furtherance or encouragement. |
| 4. | the state of being promoted. |
| 5. | something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance. |
| 6. | Also called queening. Chess. the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen. |
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