usage: an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
2. web, entanglement, trap
usage: an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
3. vane, web, blade
usage: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
4. network, web, system, scheme
usage: 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"
5. World Wide Web, WWW, web, computer network
usage: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
6. web, fabric, cloth, material, textile
usage: a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
7. web, membrane, tissue layer
usage: membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals