Meaning

noun an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving

noun an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

noun the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”),…

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