ALL meanings of spider
spi·der
S s - noun spider arachnid, bug 1
- noun spider Internet: bot 1
- noun spider any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 1
- noun spider (loosely) any of various other arachnids resembling or suggesting these. 1
- noun spider any of various things resembling or suggesting a spider. 1
- noun spider a frying pan, originally one with legs or feet. 1
- noun spider a trivet or tripod, as for supporting a pot or pan on a hearth. 1
- noun spider 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. 1
- noun spider 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. 1
- noun spider an evil person who entraps or lures others by wiles. 1
- noun spider a device attached to a cultivator, for pulverizing the soil. 1
- verb with object spider 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. 1
- countable noun spider A spider is a small creature with eight legs. Most types of spider make structures called webs in which they catch insects for food. 0
- noun spider any predatory silk-producing arachnid of the order Araneae, having four pairs of legs and a rounded unsegmented body consisting of abdomen and cephalothorax 0
- noun spider any of various similar or related arachnids 0
- noun spider a hub fitted with radiating spokes or arms that serve to transmit power or support a load 0
- noun spider an instrument used with a cultivator to pulverize soil 0
- noun spider any implement or tool having the shape of a spider 0
- noun spider a metal frame fitted at the base of a mast to which halyards are tied when not in use 0
- noun spider any part of a machine having a number of radiating spokes, tines, or arms 0
- noun spider a cluster of elastic straps fastened at a central point and used to hold a load on a car rack, motorcycle, etc 0
- noun spider a rest having long legs, used to raise the cue above the level of the height of the ball 0
- noun spider an artificial fly tied with a hackle and no wings, perhaps originally thought to imitate a spider 0
- noun spider a computer program that is capable of performing sophisticated recursive searches on the internet 0
- noun spider any of an order (Araneae) of small, chiefly land arachnids having a body composed of a cephalothorax bearing the legs and an abdomen bearing two or more pairs of spinnerets that spin the silk threads from which are made nests, cocoons for the eggs, or webs for trapping insects 0
- noun spider a cast-iron frying pan, orig. one with legs for use on a hearth 0
- noun spider any of various devices or frameworks with several leglike extensions 0