Web I Found Information Search Noun Surf/Browse/Search Service

• to surf/browse/search the web
• the service is available to anyone with access to the web.
• i found the information on the web.
• i did a web search to find the best price.

web

1. a system for finding information on the internet, in which documents are connected to other documents
• SEE ALSO Dark Web
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• to surf/browse/search the web
• The service is available to anyone with access to the web.
• I found the information on the Web.
• I did a Web search to find the best price.
• a web browser/server

Extra Examples

• A Web search brought up 900 hits.
• I found this survey on the Web.
• Many people use the Web to make their travel plans.
• a broadband Web connection
2. a fine net of thread made by a spider to catch insects
• A spider had spun a perfect web outside the window.
3. a complicated pattern of things that are closely connected to each other
• a web of streets
• We were caught in a tangled web of relationships.
• She discovered a web of intrigue in the company.

Extra Examples

• More and more people were drawn into his web of deceit.
• The mass media form a web of communications.
• An increasingly complex web of legislation has been considered.
• Investigations have begun into a web of corruption within the government.
• a web of deceit/lies
4. a piece of skin that joins the toes of some birds and animals that swim, for example ducks and frogs

Word Origin

• Old English web(b) ‘woven fabric’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch web, also to weave.