1. A woven fabric, especially one on a loom or just removed from it. 2. The structural part of cloth. 3. A web of palm branches formed the roof of the hut. 4. A structure of delicate, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders or certain insect larvae. 5. caught in a web of lies. 6. a web of telephone wires. 7. A radio or television network. 8. A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain amphibians, birds, and mammals. 9. The barbs on each side of the shaft of a bird's feather; a vane. 10. The surface between the ribs of a ribbed vault. 11. A metal sheet or plate connecting the heavier sections, ribs, or flanges of a structural element. 12. A thin metal plate or strip, as the bit of a key or the blade of a saw. 13. A large continuous roll of paper, such as newsprint, either in the process of manufacture or as it is fed into a web press. 14. To provide with a web. 15. To cover or envelop with a web. 16. To ensnare in a web.
