1. subst. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
2. subst. (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
3. subst. (chiefly Australia, and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
4. subst. (slang) A spindly person.
5. subst. (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
6. subst. (snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
7. subst. (cookware, US, UK, chiefly historical, and now dialectal) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
8. subst. (cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
9. subst. A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
10. subst. (slang) Heroin (street drug).
11. subst. (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
12. subst. A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a
13. subst. (fly fishing, England,) a soft-hackle fly
14. subst. (sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard
15. v. To move like a spider.
16. v. To cover a surface like a cobweb.
17. v. (Internet, of a computer program) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
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