web

The system of websites you can visit using the internet.

• I found the recipe on the web.
• She searches the web for cheap flights.
• Is your article available on the web?

Similar words: World Wide Web

Common phrases: on the web, web search, web page

A net of thin, sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects.

• A fly was caught in the web.
• The spider spun a web between two branches.
• Dew shone on the webs in the garden.

Similar words: spiderweb, cobweb

Common phrases: spider's web, spin a web, sticky web

A net of thin threads made by a spider to catch insects.

• A fly was caught in the web.
• The spider built a web between two branches.
• We brushed the webs from the ceiling.

Similar words: spiderweb, cobweb

Common phrases: spider web, spin a web

A complicated group of connected things, ideas, or relationships.

• He created a web of lies.
• A complex web of roads connects the villages.
• She became trapped in a web of debt and promises.

How to use it: web of something (The police uncovered a web of lies.)

Similar words: network, tangle

Common phrases: web of lies, complex web, web of relationships

A complicated set of plans or lies connected to each other.

• He created a web of lies.
• She became trapped in a web of deceit.
• Their web of secret deals finally fell apart.

How to use it: a web of something (The investigation uncovered a web of deception.)

Similar words: scheme, plot

Common phrases: web of lies, web of deceit

To cover something with a net of thin threads or connected lines.

• Spiders web the branches overnight.
• Fine cracks webbed the old glass.
• Frost had webbed the window with white lines.

Common phrases: web something, web the branches