figure vs web

figure

noun
  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

verb
  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

web

noun
  • A latticed or woven structure. 

  • A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper. 

  • The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail. 

  • The blade of a saw. 

  • The blade of a sword. 

  • The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. 

  • A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing. 

  • The thin, sharp part of a colter. 

  • The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member. 

  • A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. 

  • 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. 

  • The bit of a key. 

  • A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. 

  • The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. 

  • Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. 

  • A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals. 

  • A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend. 

  • A plot or scheme. 

verb
  • To construct or form a web. 

  • To cover with a web or network. 

  • To ensnare or entangle. 

  • To provide with a web. 

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