web

«web» in Mova's school dictionary: a net of thin, sticky threads that a spider makes to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a web, webs; the Web)

meaning for a pupil

1) A web is a net of thin, sticky threads that a spider makes to catch insects. tree →

2) The Web (the World Wide Web) is the system of pages and sites on the internet. tree →

3) A web is a complicated network of connected things, like a web of lies or a food web. tree →

4) Web is the skin between the toes of ducks, frogs and other swimming animals. tree →

5) A web can also be a piece of woven cloth on a loom. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, a food web shows many food chains joined together: who eats whom in a habitat. Spiders make webs from silk to trap prey. Ducks have webbed feet for swimming. In online safety, be careful what you share on the web, check if websites are trustworthy, and tell an adult if you see something upsetting. Phrases: spider's web, cobweb, food web, the World Wide Web, website, web page, webbed feet, a web of lies.

examples

• A spider spun a web in the corner. tree →
• Dew sparkled on the spider's web. tree →
• Draw a food web for the pond. tree →
• We searched the web for facts about volcanoes. tree →
• Ducks have webbed feet. tree →
• The thief told a web of lies. tree →
• Never share your address on the web. tree →
• She pointed to the web of beautifully-woven cloth in the loom. tree →

note

The Web (internet) is often written with a capital W, and "website" is one word. The Web and the internet are not exactly the same: the internet is the network; the Web is the pages on it. An old dusty web is called a cobweb.

In the corpora

• A bot's knowledge may be out of date about matches, events and dates, and it may not search the web.
• Jumping spiders have two huge front eyes that see sharply and in colour, and they stalk and pounce instead of using webs.
• Not all spiders build round webs: some build funnels, sheets or tangles, and some build none at all.
• Dew collects on the cool threads at night and shows how many webs there are, often thousands in a garden in autumn.
• Web spiders feel vibrations so well they can tell a trapped insect from a leaf or a raindrop.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «web» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.