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net1/net/ nounan open meshed fabric that is knotted or woven together at regular intervals a device made of net, e.g. for catching fish a piece of net used in various games, e.g. dividing a tennis court, serving as the goal in football, or enclosing a practice pitch in cricket (usu in pl) a practice cricket pitch surrounded by nets In the nets he could maintain an accuracy which seemed beyond him under the tension of actual play — John Arlott Brit, informal (in pl) net curtains arrangements made for trapping or ensnaring somebody caught in the net = network1, esp: a group of communications or broadcasting stations under unified control an interlinked series of computers (the Net) the Internet Internet fall/slip through the net to escape the elaborate system set up to entrap one spread one's net wide to set up a widespread system of contacts, etc, so as to be sure of finding what one wants netful (pl netfuls) noun netless adj netlike adj netty adj [Old English net, nett]
net2verb trans (netted, netting)to cover or enclose (something) with a net, or as if with a net They netted the fruit trees to keep the birds off to catch (a fish, etc) in a net, or as if in a net to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) into the net for the loss of a point in a game in tennis, badminton, etc to hit or kick (a ball or puck) into the goal for a score in hockey, football, etc to make a net out of (rope, string, etc) netter noun
net3 (or Brit nett)adjfree from all charges or deductions, e.g.: remaining after all deductions, e.g. for taxes, outlay, or loss: compare gross1 (2a) net earnings excluding all tare2 (deduction for weight of container) net weight final; ultimate the net result [Middle English, in the sense ‘clean, pure’, from French net: see neat1]
net4 (or Brit nett)verb trans (netted, netting)to make (a sum) by way of profit to get possession of (something) for oneself … succeeded in netting more of the goods of this world — John Wain
net5nouna net amount, profit, weight, price, or score |