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Meaning of web

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  web
      n 1: an intricate network suggesting something that was formed
           by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web
           of shadows over the lawn"
      2: an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim [syn:
         {web}, {entanglement}]
      3: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a
         series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: {vane},
         {web}]
      4: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a
         network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole
         network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in
         a web of cloth" [syn: {network}, {web}]
      5: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites
         that offer text and graphics and sound and animation
         resources through the hypertext transfer protocol [syn:
         {World Wide Web}, {WWW}, {web}]
      6: a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
      7: membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and
         mammals
      v 1: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: {web},
           {net}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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