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netted

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net

1[net] noun, verb, net·ted, net·ting.
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.
(in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net.
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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.
Informal. a radio or television network.
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verb (used with object)
13.
to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting: netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes.
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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Netted is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English net (noun), netten (v.), Old English net(t) (noun); cognate with Dutch, Old Norse net, Gothic nati, German Netz

net·ta·ble, adjective
net·like, adjective


15. seize, capture, trap.

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net

2[net] adjective, noun, verb, net·ted, net·ting.
adjective
1.
remaining after deductions, as for charges or expenses (opposed to gross): net earnings.
2.
sold at a stated price with all parts and charges included and with all deductions having been made.
3.
final; totally conclusive: After all that work, what was the net result?
4.
(of weight) after deduction of tare, tret, or both.
noun
5.
net income, profit, or the like.
verb (used with object)
6.
to gain or produce as clear profit.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; variant of neat1

net·ta·ble, adjective
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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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net definition


What remains after all deductions have been made. (Compare gross.)

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