net

1. 1

   A mesh of string, cord or rope.

   • a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
2. 2

   A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

   • Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a s
3. 3

   A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

   • The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed.
4. 4

   Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

   • Petri net
5. 5

   A trap.broadly

   • caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
6. 6

   Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.

7. 7

   A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.

8. 8

   A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.; A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.

9. 9

   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.
10. 10

    A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

syn. mesh · network · trap

1. 1

   To catch by means of a net.transitive

2. 2

   To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.figurativelytransitive

   • And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
3. 3

   To enclose or cover with a net.

   • Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
4. 4

   To score (a goal).transitive

   • Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
5. 5

   To hit the ball into the net.

   • Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.
6. 6

   To form a netting or network; to knit.

   • I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.

1. 1

   Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.not-comparable

   • net wine
2. 2

   Remaining after expenses or deductions.not-comparable

   • Near-synonym: take-home
   • net profit; net weight
3. 3

   Final; end.not-comparable

   • net result; net conclusion
4. 4

   Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.not-comparableobsolete

   • Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]

1. 1

   After expenses or deductions.not-comparable

   • You'll have $5000 net.

1. 1

   The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.

   • Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.
   • The net on that container was only fourteen tons.

1. 1

   To receive as profit.transitive

   • The company nets $30 on every sale.
2. 2

   To yield as profit for.transitive

   • The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
3. 3

   To fully hedge a position.

   • Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.

1. 1

   To clean, wash, rinse.dialectal

1. 1

   Alternative spelling of nyet.alt-ofalternative

   • Communist propaganda has created for Russia a reputation of a “peace-loving” power which it values. It cannot, therefore, afford to say net to any and every Western proposal.
   • Then as now this impersonal vastness was the public face of Russia. Its voice, if it had one, intoned an unmistakable Net. And all the canals and looking-glass mansions, in their courtly but firm way, were saying Net too.