to weave a web

  • 11weave — (v.) O.E. wefan form by interlacing yarn (class V strong verb; past tense wæf, pp. wefen), from P.Gmc. *webanan (Cf. O.N. vefa, M.L.G., M.Du., Du. weven, O.H.G. weban, Ger. weben to weave ), from PIE *webh /*wobh (Cf. Skt. ubhnati he laces to …

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  • 12weave — weave, knit, crochet, braid, plait, tat mean to make a fabric or textile or to form an article by interlacing threads or strands of material. Weave usually implies crossing rows of threads or strands interlaced into a web, irrespective of method …

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  • 13Web — Web, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[ a]f, Dan. v[ae]v. See {Weave}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 14Web member — Web Web, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[ a]f, Dan. v[ae]v. See {Weave}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 15Web press — Web Web, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[ a]f, Dan. v[ae]v. See {Weave}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 16Web system — Web Web, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[ a]f, Dan. v[ae]v. See {Weave}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 17WEB — ist eine von Donald Knuth entwickelte Programmiersprache. Sie soll die Idee des „literate programming“ umsetzen, dass Programmcode und Dokumentation in einer Datei enthalten sind. Das WEB System besteht im Wesentlichen aus zwei Programmen: tangle …

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  • 18web — [web] n. [ME < OE webb, akin to ON vefr, OHG weppi < IE * webh , to WEAVE] 1. any woven fabric; esp., a length of cloth being woven on a loom or just taken off 2. a) the woven or spun network of a spider; cobweb b) a similar network spun by …

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  • 19WEB — is a computer programming system created by Donald E. Knuth as the first implementation of what he called literate programming : the idea that one could create software as works of literature, by embedding source code inside descriptive text,… …

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  • 20Web — Web, n. [OE. webbe, AS. webba. See {Weave}.] A weaver. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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