The Collaborative Dictionary

Web \Web\ (w[e^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Webbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Webbing.] To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle. [1913 Webster]

Webbed \Webbed\, a.

Provided with a web. [1913 Webster]

(Zool.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

webbed See web

web

1 an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"

2 an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim [syn: entanglement]

3 the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: vane]

4 an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: network]

5 computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol [syn: World Wide Web, WWW]

6 a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)

7 membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals v : construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: net] [also: webbing, webbed]

webbed adj

1 (of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin [ant: unwebbed]

2 having open interstices or resembling a web [syn: lacy, netlike, netted, weblike, webby]

English

Adjective

1. In the context of "of some feet": With the digits connected by a thin membrane.
2. Resembling a web.
3. Connected to the World Wide Web.

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