Collocations for "spider"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "spider" in context.
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spider
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [huge, poisonous, tiny, lethal, deadly] spider
- the spider's [legs, web]
- is [afraid, terrified] of spiders
- spiders have eight legs
- [stomped on, squished, killed] the spider
- the spider bit me
- a [black-widow, daddy-longlegs] spider
- the spider crawled on [me, my arm]
- swatted away the spider
- spiders eat [mosquitoes, flies]
- the spider caught a [mosquito] in its web
- the spider spun a [large, wide] web
- the [ground, floor] was crawling with spiders
- the use of [web, search engine, computer, Internet] spiders
- a beautiful spider web
- got a spider bite
- play Spider Solitaire
- saw a spider monkey
'spider' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):