Definition of "net"

net¹

/nɛt/

noun
plural nets
1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
  Quotations
  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.
  1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
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  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.
  1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 190
4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
5. (by extension) A trap.
  Quotations
  A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs xxix:5
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.
  1. (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
  Quotations
  Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.
  2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC
9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
10. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
verb
third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted
1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
  Quotations
  And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
  1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
3. To enclose or cover with a net.
  Quotations
  Old Yew, which graspest at the stones⁠That name the under-lying dead,⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head,Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
  1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto II
4. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
  Quotations
  Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
  2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves‎
5. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
  Quotations
  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.
  2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport‎
6. To form a netting or network; to knit.
  Quotations
  I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.
  1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850

net²

/nɛt/

adjective
not comparable
1. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
  Quotations
  Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
  1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
3. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
4. Final; end.
adverb
not comparable
1. After expenses or deductions.
noun
plural nets
1. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
verb
third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted
1. (transitive) To receive as profit.
2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
3. To fully hedge a position.

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