Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index A Arachne: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: A•rach•ne Pronunciation: (u-rak'nē), [key] — n. Class. Myth. a Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumption. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. arachis oil arachnid ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: spectral Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language