Net

/nɛt/ · noun

Meaning

A mesh of string, cord or rope..

Definitions by Sense

1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
5. (by extension) A trap.
6. (geometry) 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. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

Example Sentences

a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net

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 swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

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.

Petri net

caught in the prosecuting attorney's net

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.

Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.

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Word Forms

• nets
• netting
• netted
• nett

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