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The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
Pablo Picasso

Meaning of "spider's web" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPIDER'S WEB

spider's web  [ˈspaɪdəz web] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIDER'S WEB

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Spider's web is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPIDER'S WEB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spider's web

Spider web

A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb is a device created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets. Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, as witnessed in a rare find of Early Cretaceous amber from Sussex, southern England. Insects can get trapped in spider webs, providing nutrition to the spider; however, not all spiders build webs to catch prey, and some do not build webs at all. "Spider web" is typically used to refer to a web that is apparently still in use, whereas "cobweb" refers to abandoned webs. However, "cobweb" is used to describe the tangled three-dimensional web of some spiders of the theridiidae family. Whilst this large family is also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, they actually have a huge range of web architectures.

Definition of spider's web in the English dictionary

The definition of spider's web in the dictionary is a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIDER'S WEB

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spider
spider crab
spider hole
spider mite
spider monkey
spider orchid
spider phaeton
spider plant
spider-hunting wasp
spiderish
spiderlike
spiderman
spidermen
spiderweb
spiderwood
spiderwork
spiderwort
spidery
spied

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIDER'S WEB

celeb
Cheb
cobweb
cosmic web
deb
Feb
food web
funnel-web
interweb
keb
Leb
Loeb
Maghreb
neb
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spiderweb
the web
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World Wide Web
Zagreb

Synonyms and antonyms of spider's web in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «spider's web» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPIDER'S WEB

Find out the translation of spider's web to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spider's web from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spider's web» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜘蛛网
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tela de araña
570 millions of speakers

English

spider´s web
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मकड़ी के जाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيت العنكبوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паутина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

teia de aranha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাকড়সা এর ওয়েব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toile d´araignée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sarang labah-labah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spinnwebe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蜘蛛の巣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거미의 웹
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Web spider
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mạng nhện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிலந்தி வலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळ्याचे वेब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

örümcek ağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ragnatela
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

web pająka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

павутина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

web păianjen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιστό της αράχνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spinnerakke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spindelnät
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

edderkoppnett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spider's web

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIDER'S WEB»

The term «spider's web» is regularly used and occupies the 101.304 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIDER'S WEB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spider's web

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4 QUOTES WITH «SPIDER'S WEB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spider's web.
1
Tryon Edwards
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
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Pablo Picasso
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
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Yulia Tymoshenko
The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle?
4
Virginia Woolf
Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIDER'S WEB»

Discover the use of spider's web in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spider's web and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spider's Web: The Secret History of How the White House ...
Recounts how President Bush secretly supported arms shipments to Iraq, only to have to confront Iraq over the invasion of Kuwait
Alan Friedman, 1993
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The Spider's Web
'Roth's philosophical acuity is matched by his deep compassion for the frailty of the human condition.' - Sunday Time
Joseph Roth, 2004
3
Spider’s Web
A full-length novel by Charles Osborne adapted from Agatha Christie’s stage play, in which a diplomat’s wife finds a body that mustn’t be discovered...
Agatha Christie, 2010
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Spider's Web
When misfit seventh grader Spider is given a state-of-the-art computer by her new stepfather, she creates a different personality for herself online but also learns firsthand about being stalked on the Internet.
Sharon Stewart, 2002
5
Leaning on a spider's web: a story of love, faith & ...
In Jennifer Rees Larcombe's first novel, the residents of peaceful, tree-lined Laburnum Terrace come face to face with a crisis that threatens to break the fragile webs (fad spirituality, fitness crazes, idealized family ties) on which they ...
Jennifer Rees Larcombe, 1993
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Spider's Web
Intrigue, Greed and Murder culminate in a dramatic Conclusion to this International Web of Mystery and Deceit Rolf and Sabine Brenner's company and its USA subsidiary are flourishing as the Millennium approaches but their holiday on the ...
Kurt Hafner, 2012
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Ensnared in a Spider's Web: A World War II POW Held by the ...
In December of 1940, Morgan Thomas Jones, Jr. enlists in the New Mexico National Guard.
Morgan Thomas Jones, Linda Dudik, 2009
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The Spider's Web
At the age of 18, Jokan is lured by his grandparents to marry a girl within the family.
Kankomba Mwima, 2011
9
The Spider's Web
Joseph Jefferson. His web was a deadly trap that left an unforgettable touch A spellbinding tale of love, violence and evil JOSEPH JEFFERSON THE SPIDER'S WEB Joseph Jefferson. 30532-JEFF-front.
Joseph Jefferson, 2006
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In The Spider's Web
Chapter. 12. The Sisters seemed entirely too pleased with themselves. Cole was beginning to worry. He had made one of his nightly raids the night before, and had nearly wiped out all oftheir spell bottles. Normally, the Sisters would have ...
K. M. Outten, 2005

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIDER'S WEB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spider's web is used in the context of the following news items.
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Are spiders about to take over the world?
If you have ever had a nightmare about being stuck in a spider's web or creepy crawlies taking over the world then this is going to freak you out. Italian scientists ... «Metro, May 15»
2
The wide web! Pensioner finds spider's web stretching 6ft between …
Russell Harding, 74, was horrified to find the giant web, which stretched from his car's wing mirror to his shed, had a huge inch-and-a-half spider sat in the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
3
Power of the web: The secret of how spiders catch their prey
Spun from silk, with the strength of steel but with extraordinary elasticity, a spider's web has long been regarded as one of Mother Nature's most amazing feats. «The Independent, Dec 13»
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Spider webs found to attract insects by pulling them in using electric …
Scientists have long marvelled at the genius of the spider's web with its super strong woven silk, the sticky trap to ensnare prey, but their web may be the biggest ... «Daily Mail, Jul 13»
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Itsy Bitsy Spider's Web 10 Times Stronger Than Kevlar
Scientists have found the toughest material made by life yet — the silk of a spider whose giant webs span rivers, streams and even lakes. Spider silks were ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 10»
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Gigantic spider's web discovered in Madagascar
A newly discovered species of spider living in Madagascar makes the world's longest known web, spanning 25m. The spider also makes the largest orb web yet ... «BBC News, Sep 10»

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