net
see also: Net
Pronunciation Noun
Net
Proper noun
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see also: Net
Pronunciation Noun
net (plural nets)
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- Petri net
- (by extension) A trap.
- Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
- A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
- caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
- Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
- (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- a computer network; a road network; an electricity distribution network
- (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
- (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- (mesh) mesh, network
- (used for catching or trapping)
- (figurative: a trap) snare, trap
- (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation
- (in geometry) development
- (in computing) network
- Portuguese: rede
- Russian: сеть
- Russian: развёртка
- Portuguese: rede
- Portuguese: rede
- Russian: се́тка
net (nets, present participle netting; past and past participle netted)
- (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- 1814 July 6, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. In Three Volumes, volume (
please specify ), Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 270129598 ↗:
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- to net a tree
- (transitive, football) To score (a goal).
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves
- Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
- (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
- To form network or netting; to knit.
- Portuguese: enredar
net (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:
- Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:
- Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
- net wine
- Remaining after expenses or deductions.
- net profit; net weight
- Final; end.
- net result; net conclusion
net (not comparable)
Translations- German: netto
net (plural nets)
Translations Verbnet (nets, present participle netting; past and past participle netted)
- (transitive) To receive as profit.
- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- To fully hedge a position.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party
- German: netto verdienen
- Portuguese: lucrar
- Russian: зарабатывать
Net
Proper noun
- (computing, informal) The Internet.
- The Web is just part of the Net.
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