<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.</li><li>A single thread spun by a spider.</li><li>Something resembling a cobweb; anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.</li><li>A network of plot or intrigue; an insidious snare.</li><li>Cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order: "I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs."</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To cover with or as with cobwebs: "Spiders cobwebbed the cellar."</li><li>To confuse or muddle: "Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind."</li></ul>