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noun
1.
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net.
2.
a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects: a tennis net; a mosquito net.
3.
anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber.
4.
a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces.
5.
EXPAND(in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net.
6.
Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse.
7.
any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like.
8.
any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment.
9.
the Net, the Internet.
10.
Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space.
11.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum.
12.
COLLAPSEInformal. a radio or television network.
verb (used with object)
14.
to take with a net: to net fish.
15.
to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as for catching fish.
16.
to catch or ensnare: to net a dangerous criminal.
17.
(in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net.
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Netlike
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Origin:
before 900; Middle English net (noun), netten (v.), Old English net(t) (noun); cognate with Dutch, Old Norse net, Gothic nati, German Netz
before 900; Middle English net (noun), netten (v.), Old English net(t) (noun); cognate with Dutch, Old Norse net, Gothic nati, German Netz
Related forms
net·ta·ble, adjective
net·like, adjective
Synonyms
15. seize, capture, trap.
15. seize, capture, trap.
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Word Origin & History
net
"remaining after deductions," 1520, from earlier sense of "trim, elegant, clean, neat" (c.1300), from O.Fr. net "clean, pure, bright" (from the same source as neat, q.v.), meaning infl. by It. netto "remaining after deductions." The verb in the sense of "to gain as a net sum" is first recorded 1758.
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Cultural Dictionary
net definition
What remains after all deductions have been made. (Compare gross.)
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