| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| web | noun | A weaver., That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom., A whole piece of linen cloth as woven., The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb., Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication., A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood., A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead., The blade of a sword., The blade of a saw., The thin, sharp part of a colter., The bit of a key., A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object., The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail., A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc., The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist., The part of a blackmith’s anvil between the face and the foot., Pterygium; — called also webeye., The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians., The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather., To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle. |
| wed | noun | A pledge; a pawn., of Wed, To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse., To join in marriage; to give in wedlock., Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly., To take to one’s self and support; to espouse., To contact matrimony; to marry. |
| wee | noun | A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance., Very small; little. |
| wem | noun | The abdomen; the uterus; the womb., Spot; blemish; harm; hurt., To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt., An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst. |
| wep | imp. of Weep. | |
| wet | superl. | Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table., Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season., Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed., Refreshed with liquor; drunk., Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree., Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather., A dram; a drink., of Wet, To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth. |
| wex | verb t. & i. | To grow; to wax., Waxed., Wax. |
| wey | noun | Way; road; path., To weigh., A certain measure of weight. |