spiderweb
to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.
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the web that is spun by a spider, made of interlaced threads of viscous fluid that harden on exposure to air.
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How to use spiderweb in a sentence
The results are presented as a series of spiderweb-like visuals, making information accessible to non-technical users.
Solution also collects in cuticles and creases, creating a spiderweb effect if not barrier-creamed and/or daubed off.
A fall like that would have been certain to break the old-style spiderweb hairs.
Out of the Depths | Robert Ames BennetThen the Rainbow Fairies slipped down from the butterflies and threw the silken strands of the spiderweb net over the bubble.
Bobbie Bubbles | E. Hugh Sherwood and Maud Gridley BudlongThese pictures are shown on so large a scale that the spiderweb fills the end of the theatre.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel Lindsay
It was like looking at a spiderweb through a sheet of frosted glass.
Occasion for Disaster | Gordon Randall GarrettMost of the clothes had rotted away; and when you took hold of a rag, it tore with a touch, like spiderweb.
Tom Sawyer Abroad | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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