Meaning of spider | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
   countable, uncountable
2. The 29th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
3. A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
   Internet, countable, uncountable
4. chandelier
5. A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
   Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
6. third-person singular present indicative
7. An alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.
   Australia, New-Zealand, countable, obsolete, uncountable
8. second-person singular imperative
9. A spindly person.
   countable, slang, uncountable
10. A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
    countable, slang, uncountable
11. 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.
    countable, uncountable
12. A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
    UK, US, countable, dialectal, historical, uncountable
13. 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
    countable, uncountable
14. A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.
    countable, uncountable
15. Heroin.
    slang, uncountable
16. Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
    countable, uncountable
17. 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 piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
    countable, uncountable
18. A soft-hackle fly.
    England, countable, uncountable
19. The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.
    countable, uncountable
20. A spider graph or spider tree.
    countable, uncountable
21. A type of light phaeton.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
22. A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.
    countable, uncountable
23. A competition in which several participants are spread evenly around the edges of the green, who all make one bowl towards the central jack at the same time; the winner being the person whose bowl ends up closest to the jack.
    countable, uncountable
24. A bit for turning fasteners with 8-pointed heads.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.”

“Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.”

“2002, Katharine Gasparini, Cranberry and vanilla ice cream spider, recipe in Cool Food, page 339.”

“Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.”

“In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.”

“2008, Corona Club (San Francisco, California), Corona Club Cook Book, page 202, Melt ½ the dry sugar in the spider, stirring with knife until all is melted.”

“If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).”

“Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider for small amounts of fish. A spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.”

“I am also disappointed with the horses, having hardly seen a decent pair yet, while the traps and horses do not look smart and well groomed. There are a great many American spiders used. Have not seen a bullock in the yoke yet.”

“The spider is very useful for shooting in the studio or on locations with smooth floors where tripod legs tend to slide.”

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