Noun I spent the afternoon surfing the Web. The spider was spinning its web.
Recent Examples on the Web
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The city’s web site lists this year’s talent as Tank, Mýa, Lil’ Mo, Christopher Williams, Ruben Studdard and the Deep Fried Funk Band. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 Your quest to improve privacy while browsing the web with Safari on iPhone isn’t done. Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Aug. 2022 Its two-in-one design easily moves between laptop mode for work, stand mode for watching movies, and tablet mode for browsing the web on the couch. Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 13 July 2022 The survey was conducted via cellphone, landline and SMS-to-web. Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 According to the Vols’ web site, the North End Zone social deck offers fans a unique view from the upper deck. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2022 Before the Supreme Court decision, Republicans had just over a two-and-a-half point lead on that question, according to the average of polls produced by the FiveThirtyEight web site. David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Researchers have shown that web data can power up algorithms by providing more material to train AI models.WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 Check out their web site at https://clevelandsquaredance.org/br/ for their calendar. Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022
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The forum will be broadcast live in English on NBC10 and NECN and those stations web sites, and a Spanish language stream will be available on TelemundoNuevaInglaterra.com.BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021 There might have been more time if not for decades of climate denial by companies including Exxon Mobil, a history that web comic xkcd cleverly highlights this week.Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021 Keen Harvest Flip Whether these are your house shoes for quarantine comfort or your beach cruisers once regulations relax, Keen’s eco-friendly sandals boast webbing made from 100 percent recycled bottles.Sunset Magazine, 22 Apr. 2020 The popular video conferencing platform Zoom routes web traffic to 17 of its data centers sprinkled around the globe. Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2020 Some have switched to web video broadcasts or online gatherings and some have postponed or rescheduled planned events. Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com, 5 Mar. 2020 The Nordic island country straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet, molding a volcanic terrain webbed by glacial rivers and studded with gemstone-aquamarine lakes.Wired, 3 Nov. 2019 By the time the mites form webs it’s usually too late to save the plants. Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019 Vernon Bailey, who web archives show was initially listed as the chief executive on the Veterans Services’ site, was described as its treasurer as recently as Aug. 1. Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse vefr web, Old English wefan to weave
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1