"web" meaning in English

See web in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɛb/ Audio: en-us-web.ogg [US] Forms: web [singular], webs [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A web is a series of lines, ideas, or thoughts connected.
    Sense id: simple-web-en-noun-0GtQFcmM
  2. A spiderweb.
    Sense id: simple-web-en-noun-ps~VwbsN
  3. The Internet. (the World Wide Web)
    Sense id: simple-web-en-noun-kouHo~jU

Verb

IPA: /wɛb/ Audio: en-us-web.ogg [US] Forms: web [canonical], webs [third-person, singular], webbed [past], webbed [past, participle], webbing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|web|b}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you web something, you cover it with a web.
    Sense id: simple-web-en-verb-eI4~2JhG
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          "text": "Simple English Wiktionary is my favorite place on the web."
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