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spider
[ spahy-der ]
noun
- any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- (loosely) any of various other arachnids resembling or suggesting these.
- any of various things resembling or suggesting a spider.
- a frying pan, originally one with legs or feet.
- a trivet or tripod, as for supporting a pot or pan on a hearth.
- Machinery.
- a part having a number of radiating spokes or arms, usually not connected at their outer ends.
- Also called cross. (in a universal joint) a crosslike part pivoted between the forked ends of two shafts to transmit motion between them.
- Digital Technology. a computer program that follows and catalogs links within websites in order to index web pages for a search engine. Compare web crawler.
- an evil person who entraps or lures others by wiles.
- a device attached to a cultivator, for pulverizing the soil.
verb (used with object)
- Digital Technology. to digitally survey (websites), following and cataloging their links in order to index web pages for a search engine: Compare crawl 1( def 9 ).
Her company spiders the web for cheap flights and vacation deals.
spider
/ ˈspaɪdə /
noun
- any predatory silk-producing arachnid of the order Araneae, having four pairs of legs and a rounded unsegmented body consisting of abdomen and cephalothorax See also wolf spider trap-door spider tarantula black widow
- any of various similar or related arachnids
- a hub fitted with radiating spokes or arms that serve to transmit power or support a load
- agriculture an instrument used with a cultivator to pulverize soil
- any implement or tool having the shape of a spider
- nautical a metal frame fitted at the base of a mast to which halyards are tied when not in use
- any part of a machine having a number of radiating spokes, tines, or arms
- Also calledoctopus a cluster of elastic straps fastened at a central point and used to hold a load on a car rack, motorcycle, etc
- billiards snooker a rest having long legs, used to raise the cue above the level of the height of the ball
- angling an artificial fly tied with a hackle and no wings, perhaps originally thought to imitate a spider
- computing a computer program that is capable of performing sophisticated recursive searches on the internet
- short for spider phaeton
Other Words From
- spider·less adjective
- spider·like adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of spider1
Example Sentences
Lynch, a treat after his memorable cameo in “Bottoms,” calls Marvin a “spider monkey ninja god.”
Scrawled in pink marker on a white board were the words, “Tuesday, January 7th. What was the spider’s New Year’s resolution?”
In time Ricardo's dominance was challenged and overturned by William Whewell and Richard Jones, who had a very different understanding of science, captured by Francis Bacon's analogy of the ant, the spider and the bee.
They said the girl was frequently locked in a cupboard with a box that was full of spiders, and described how she would violently scream and kick at the door from inside for help.
At the time, Imagineering wanted to update a relatively “common” chandelier with a spookier, spider web-inspired look.
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