net

Meanings

Noun

• A mesh of string, cord or rope.
• 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.
• A trap.
• 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 framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
• A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
• The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
• The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Verb

• To catch by means of a net.
• To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
• To enclose or cover with a net.
• To score (a goal).
• To hit the ball into the net.
• To form network or netting; to knit.
• To receive as profit.
• To yield as profit for.
• To fully hedge a position.

Adjective

• Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
• Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
• Remaining after expenses or deductions.
• Final; end.

Adverb

• After expenses or deductions.

Related

Similar words

• mesh, network
• snare, trap
• reticulation
• development
• network
• catch
• catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Origin

• From Middle English nett, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned-. Cognate with West Frisian net, Low German Nett, Dutch net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.
• From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.