Net
[net] or [nɛt]
Definition
(noun.) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals.
(noun.) a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects.
(noun.) game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton.
(noun.) a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey).
(verb.) catch with a net; 'net a fish'.
(verb.) make as a net profit; 'The company cleared $1 million'.
(verb.) yield as a net profit; 'This sale netted me $1 million'.
(adj.) remaining after all deductions; 'net profit' .
Edited by Annabel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.
(v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
(v. t.) To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
(v. i.) To form network or netting; to knit.
(a.) Without spot; pure; shining.
(a.) Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc.
(a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc.
(v. t.) To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.
Typist: Vivienne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Snare, gin, trap, toil.
a. Clear, without deductions.
v. a. Clear, get or gain over and above expenses.
Checked by Alden
Definition
n. an open fabric of twine &c. knotted into meshes for catching birds fishes &c.: anything like a net for keeping out insects &c.: a meshed bag for holding a woman's hair: machine-made lace of various kinds: a snare: a difficulty.—adj. made of netting or resembling it reticulate: caught in a net.—v.t. to form into network: to take with a net: to protect with a net to veil.—v.i. to form network:—pr.p. net′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. net′ted.—ns. Net′-fish any fish like the herring caught in nets—opp. to Trawl-fish and Line-fish; Net′-fish′ery a place for net-fishing the business of such fishing; Net′-fish′ing the method or the industry of fishing with nets.—p.adj. Net′ted made into a net reticulated: caught in a net.—ns. Net′ting act or process of forming network: a piece of network: any network of ropes or wire esp. for use on shipboard; Net′ting-need′le a kind of shuttle used in netting.—adjs. Net′ty like a net; Net′-veined in entomology having a great number of veins or nervures like a network on the surface as in the wings of many Orthoptera; Net′-winged having net-veined wings.—n. Net′work any work showing cross lines or open spaces like the meshes of a net.
adj. clear of all charges or deductions—opp. to Gross: lowest subject to no further deductions.—v.t. to produce as clear profit:—pr.p. net′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. net′ted.
Editor: Vicky
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a fish-net, portends numerous small pleasures and gains. A torn one, represents vexatious disappointments.
To dream of ensnaring anything with a net, denotes that you will be unscrupulous in your dealings and deportment with others. To dream of an old or torn net, denotes that your property has mortgages, or attachments, which will cause you trouble.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- There is not a savage or barbaric race to-day that is not held in a net of such tradition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Capacity freight engine, ten tons net freight; cost of handling a ton of freight per mile per horse-power to be less than ordinary locomotive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The net conclusion is that acting with an aim is all one with acting intelligently. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The net is drawn pretty close round Fitzroy Simpson, he remarked, and I believe myself that he is our man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our net conclusion is that life is development, and that developing, growing, is life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Octavian's net closed slowly round his rival. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The gross tonnage of ships passing through in 1898 was 12,962,632, the net tonnage 9,238,603. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I pointed to the spot where he had disappeared, and we followed the track with boats; nets were cast, but in vain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I rowed up opposite the fisherman's island where there were boats drawn up and men were mending nets. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- These implements no doubt stood about in the interior of the house, from the walls of which hung his fowling-nets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their nets were made of flax; they had as yet no knowledge of hemp and hempen rope. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- True, we saw two or three vagabonds mending their nets, but never trying to catch any thing with them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There were many fishing boats along the quay and nets were spread on racks. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She had just been for a row on the river, and the sun that netted the little waves with gold seemed to have caught her in its meshes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This was a paradisal bird that could never be netted, it must fly by itself to the heart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Europe is still netted in boundaries drawn in the horse and road era. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Weaving, braiding, and netting are very old arts, but the art of knitting is comparatively modern. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Huge flies, ignorant of larders and wire-netting, and quite in a savage state, buzzed about him without knowing that he was a man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The window-curtains were lace; each chair and sofa had its own particular veil of netting, or knitting. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Rosamond rose and reached her netting, and then said, Do you care about dancing at all? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I held the mosquito netting in my hands. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Shall I be netting a purse, or will it have a better effect to put on my gloves and be doing nothing? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Rebekah