web

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

A spider's net of threads. The prophets and Job use it as a picture of something flimsy: trust in the wrong thing is like a spider's web, and the wicked's webs cannot make clothes.

Interpretation. Job's and Isaiah's spider webs are read as warnings that wrongdoing and false trust give no protection.

Examples

• You can search through the full text of this book on the web (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web. (Writings JOB.8.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (Prophets ISA.59.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. (Prophets ISA.59.6, JPS 1917) 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.