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| net [ net ] |
noun (plural nets) |
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1. mesh: a material made from threads or wires knotted, twisted, or woven to form a regular pattern with spaces between the threads
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2. meshwork bag: a piece of meshwork fabric in a shape resembling a bag that is used for holding, carrying, trapping, or confining something
  a fishing net
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3. light meshwork fabric: a fine light cotton or synthetic fabric with an open weave
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4. selecting or restricting system: a plan or system designed to select or restrict somebody or something
those who slip through the net
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5. basketball part of basketball basket: in basketball, an open-bottomed piece of meshwork material attached to the hoop of the basket
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6. sports strip of material across playing area: in some sports such as tennis and volleyball, a strip of meshwork material that divides a court into halves and over which the players must hit a ball or shuttlecock
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7. sports goal in some sports: in some sports such as soccer and water polo, a goal with a backing made of meshwork material
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8. broadcasting broadcasting network: a television or radio network
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9. comput telephone or computer network: a telecommunications or computer network
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verb (past and past participle net·ted, present participle net·ting, 3rd person present singular nets) |
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1. transitive verb trap somebody or something: to catch or snare somebody or something in a net
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2. transitive verb get something: to manage to obtain or achieve something
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informal
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We may net ourselves several new clients this way.
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3. transitive verb protect something with net: to cover something with a net in order to keep something else out or away
Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
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4. intransitive verb make net: to make a net by knotting, twisting, or weaving threads or wires together
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5. transitive verb hit ball into net to score: in games such as soccer, to hit the ball into the net so as to score
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6. transitive verb serve ball into net: in games such as tennis and volleyball, to hit the ball into the net so as to lose a serve, and sometimes a point
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| [ Old English, < Indo-European, "to bind, tie"] |
