spider

[ spahy-der ]

/ ˈspaɪ dər /

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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.

Also called web crawler. Digital Technology. a computer program that retrieves data from a website, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.

an evil person who entraps or lures others by wiles.

a device attached to a cultivator, for pulverizing the soil.

verb (used with object)

Also crawl. Digital Technology. to retrieve (data) from a website using a computer program, as in order to index web pages for a search engine: Her company spiders the web for cheap flights and vacation deals.

Origin of spider

1300–50; Middle English spithre, Old English spīthra, akin to spinnan to spin; cognate with Danish spinder

OTHER WORDS FROM spider

spi·der·less, adjective spi·der·like, adjective

Words nearby spider

spiculation, spicule, spiculum, spicy, spide, spider, spider crab, spider fly, spider hole, spider lily, spider mite

Example sentences from the Web for spider

Did you know that Solange was just trying to kill a spider that was crawling on Jay?

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Apparently, all Palestinians have an inner Spider Man and scaling walls is child's play.

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This past April, he made headlines again for calling a Pakistani girl born with additional limbs a “spider baby.”

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Is that your spider sense tingling, or is that your arthritis?

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On the cover of Teen Vogue are Spider Man stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield.

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Mary shivered a little at the words and the look in Marie's eyes as they stared behind the spider web veil.

The Guests Of Hercules |C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The box was again locked and lowered; and presently the spider returned to find that his cunning trap had been totally destroyed.

The Million Dollar Mystery |Harold MacGrath
What can the Spider do with these snail-shells wherein the animal retreats so far that she cannot reach it?

Insect Adventures |J. Henri Fabre
Its discovery was no help to them, since it was far too small to admit the spider.

World of the Drone |Robert Abernathy
The Spider takes her place in the center, on the little cushion.

Insect Adventures |J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for spider

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 called: octopus British 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

Word Origin for spider

Old English spīthra; related to Danish spinder, German Spinne; see spin

Medical definitions for spider

spider

[ spī′dər ]

n.

Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax bearing eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers and an unsegmented abdomen bearing several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

An arterial spider.

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