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Definition of 'net'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) net
a fabric consisting of a uniform open mesh made by weaving, twisting, knotting, crocheting, etc.

2.  net
a bag or other contrivance of such fabric, for catching fish or other animals:
a butterfly net.

3.  net
a piece of meshed fabric designed for a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or to protect against insects.

4.  net
anything serving to catch or ensnare.

5.  net
(in racket games) a ball that hits the net.

6.  net
the goal in hockey or lacrosse.

7.  net
any network of filaments, lines, veins, or the like.

8.  net
a computer or telecommunications network.

9.  net
a broadcasting network.

10. (v.t.) net
to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting.

11.  net
to take with a net:
to net fish.

12.  net
to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.).

13.  net
to catch or ensnare:
to net a criminal.

14.  net
(in racket games) to hit (the ball) into the net.

15. (adj.) net
remaining after deductions, as for expenses (opposed to
net earnings.

16.  net
sold at a stated price with all parts and charges included and with all deductions having been made.

17.  net
final; totally conclusive:
the net result.

18.  net
(of weight) after deduction of tare, tret, or both.

19. (n.) net
net income, profit, etc.

20. (v.t.) net
to gain or produce as clear profit.

21.  NET
National Educational Television.

Definition of 'net'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) internet, net, cyberspace
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

2. (noun) net
a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects

3. (noun) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

4. (noun) net
a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)

5. (noun) net
game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton

6. (adj) net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

7. (adj) net, nett
remaining after all deductions
"net profit"

8. (verb) final, last, net
conclusive in a process or progression
"the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

9. (verb) net, sack, sack up, clear
make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"

10. (verb) net, clear
yield as a net profit
"This sale netted me $1 million"

11. (verb) web, net
construct or form a web, as if by weaving

12. (verb) net, nett
catch with a net
"net a fish"

Definition of 'net'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) net
pieces of string woven together into a pattern of squares and used to catch fish, etc.
fishermen's nets

2.  net
in hockey, soccer, etc. the net and posts into which players try to hit, kick, or throw the ball, puck, etc.
She kicked the ball into the net.

3.  net
the Net
the Internet
We advertise on the Net.

4. (adjective) net
(of money) left after all other amounts have been taken off
a net salary/income

5.  net
relating to the weight of sth without a container
a net weight of 13 ounces

Definition of 'net'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) net
without spot; pure; shining

2. (adj) net
free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc

3. (adj) net
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

4. (verb) net
to make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk

5. (verb) net
to take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile

6. (verb) net
to inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree

7. (verb) net
to form network or netting; to knit

8. (verb) net
to produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation

Definitions of 'net'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. net
[Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the Great Renaming, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning “net.”. Includes net.gods, net.goddesses (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), net.lurkers (see lurker), net.person, net.parties (a synonym for boink, sense 2), and many similar constructs. See also net.police.

Translation of 'net'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (any of various devices for catching creatures, eg fish, or for any of a number of other purposes, consisting of) a loose open material made of knotted string, thread, wire etc a fishing-net; a hair-net; a tennis-net; (
Afrikaans: net	Arabic: شَبَكَه	Bulgarian: мрежа
Brazilian: (de) rede	Czech: síť; síťový	German: das Netz, Netz-...
Danish: net; -net; net-	Greek: δίχτυ	Spanish: red, malla
Estonian: võrk	Farsi: دام ؛ تور	Finnish: verkko
French: (de/au) filet	Hebrew: רֶשֶת	Hindi: जाल
Croatian: mreža, zamka	Hungarian: háló	Indonesian: jaring
Icelandic: net	Italian: rete	Japanese: 網
Korean: 그물, 망, 네트	Lithuanian: tinklas, tinklelis; tinkl	Latvian: tīkls
Malay: jaring	Dutch: net	Norwegian: garn, not; nett
Polish: sieć, siatka	Persian: دام ؛ تور	Pashto: دام،بند
Portuguese: (de) rede	Romanian: (de/din) plasă (de)	Russian: сеть; сетка
Slovak: sieť; sieťový	Slovenian: mreža	Serbian: mreža
Swedish: nät	Thai: แห	Turkish: ağ
Taiwanese: 網	Ukrainian: сітка; тенета	Urdu: جال
Vietnamese: lưới	Chinese: 网
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