"webcrawl" meaning in English

See webcrawl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: webcrawls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} webcrawl (plural webcrawls)
  1. The automated following hyperlinks in a website. Related terms: Web crawler
    Sense id: en-webcrawl-en-noun-D05-lTjF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38

Verb

Forms: webcrawls [present, singular, third-person], webcrawling [participle, present], webcrawled [participle, past], webcrawled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} webcrawl (third-person singular simple present webcrawls, present participle webcrawling, simple past and past participle webcrawled)
  1. To follow hyperlinks in a website by automated means.
    Sense id: en-webcrawl-en-verb-iwGDihSY

Inflected forms

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