spiderweb

[spahy-der-web]

verb (used with object)

spiderwebbed, spiderwebbing 

1. to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spiderweb¹

First recorded in 1890–95; v. use of spider web

Example Sentences

By now, the spiderweb invoked as the show’s title is pretty much in focus, with very different pieces in very different rooms nonetheless intertwined with one another.

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Think of “Tzahualli” as a worldwide spiderweb.

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Tzahualli is a Nahuatl word for spiderweb, a common metaphor for fragility, interconnectedness, beauty and, not least, potential entrapment.

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Davidson and Askonas want a conservative counterrevolution against a corporate technocracy whose fixation on maximizing profit has trapped Americans in a spiderweb of come-ons that grope, goose, track and indebt us, bypassing our brains and hearts on the way to our lower viscera and wallets.

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This week’s “Update” featured three guests: Marcello Hernández, who brought back his Movie Guy character to discuss “Sinners” and other movies he hasn’t seen; Gardner played a woman visiting New York who only knows what’s she’s read on Facebook about the city; and Mikey Day was a guy who just walked into a spiderweb but is there to talk about tariffs.

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