noun

1. any woven fabric; esp., a length of cloth being woven on a loom or just taken off
2. 1. the woven or spun network of a spider; cobweb
   2. a similar network spun by the larvae of certain insects
3. a carefully woven trap or snare
4. a complicated work of the mind, imagination, etc. a web of lies
5. anything like a web, as in intricacy of pattern or interconnection of elements; network
6. Anat.
   1. tissue or membrane
   2. an abnormal membrane joining fingers or toes at the base
7. Archit. the portion of a ribbed vault between the ribs
8. Comput. World Wide Web: usually with the
9. Mech. the plate joining the flanges of a joist, girder, rail, etc.
10. Printing a large roll of paper used in a rotary press, designed for continuous feeding
11. Zool.
    1. the vane of a feather
    2. a membrane partly or completely joining the digits of various water birds, water animals, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE webb, akin to ON vefr, OHG weppi < IE *webh-, to weave

transitive verb webbed, webbing web′·bing

1. to join by or as by a web
2. to cover with or as with a web
3. to catch or snare in or as in a web