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Meaning of spidered

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spidered

verb

Definitions

  1. To move like a spider.

  2. To cover a surface like a cobweb.

  3. (of a computer program) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

    Example: The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Infested by spiders; covered in cobwebs

    Example: Three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-Windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an Arizona noon. David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, pp. 3, 1st Paperback Ed.