spider
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which…Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
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» There's a spider in the shower.
In der Dusche ist eine Spinne. — al_ex_an_der
В душе паук. — Karok
У душі паук. — deniko
У ду́ші паук. — deniko
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Examples
589 sentencesThere's a spider in the shower.
У душі паук. — deniko
ruВ душе паук. — Karok
deIn der Dusche ist eine Spinne. — al_ex_an_der
There's a spider in the bathroom.
У ванній павук. — deniko
ruВ ванной паук. — marafon
It's just a spider.
Це просто павук. — Balamax
ruЭто просто паук. — marafon
deEs ist nur eine Spinne. — Adelpa
Meaning
20 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
Spinne
пау́кpaúk
паву́кpavúk
(Internet, countable, uncountable)A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
(Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
More meanings 17
(countable, uncountable)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)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)A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.
(countable, uncountable)Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(England, countable, uncountable)A soft-hackle fly.
(countable, uncountable)The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.
(countable, uncountable)A spider graph or spider tree.
(countable, uncountable)A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.
- predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
- a skillet made of cast iron
Origin
Inherited from Middle English spithre, spider, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from PrInherited from Middle English spithre, spider, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”). Mostly displaced attercop (“spider, unpleasant person”), now a dialectal term.
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Forms
plural: spidersSynonyms
29 synonyms- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine:wanderer
Word family
136 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.