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(spiderweb) The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. +

(zoology) Any of several similar materials, such as that created by tent caterpillars.

(by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. +

(figurative) A scheme.

(Internet) The Internet; the World Wide Web.

(television) A major broadcasting network.

A latticed or woven structure.

(baseball) (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

(dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.

''Senses related to an invented narrative''

(usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.

A plot or scheme.

Any of several components that connect other components.

The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.

(rail section) (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

(anatomy) A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds or of other animals.

# The abnormal webbing sometimes present between the fingers or toes in humans.

(architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. {{rfc-sense|en}}

A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

(manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.

(lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.

The blade of a saw.

The thin, sharp part of a colter.

The bit of a key.

(glass) (obsolete) A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches. +

The blade of a sword.

(ornithology) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.

(archaic) A cataract of the eye. +

(obsolete) Woven cloth or material.

(obsolete) A piece of cloth or fabric, as off the loom or being removed from a loom.

(the Web) (Web): the World Wide Web.

To construct or form a web.

To cover with a web or network.

To ensnare or entangle.

To provide with a web.

(obsolete) To weave.