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Net   /nɛt/   Listen
adjective
Net  adj.  
1.
Without spot; pure; shining. (Obs.) "Her breast all naked as net ivory."
2.
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. (R.)
3.
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. (Less properly written nett)
Net tonnage (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.


noun
Net  n.  
1.
A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.
2.
Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding. "A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet." "In the church's net there are fishes good or bad."
3.
Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.
4.
(Geom.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.
5.
A network. (informal)
6.
Specifically: The internet; usually the net; as, I found it on the net. (slang)


verb
Net  v. t.  (past & past part. netted; pres. part. netting)  
1.
To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as, to net silk.
2.
To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. "And now I am here, netted and in the toils."
3.
To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.


Net  v. t.  (past & past part. netted; pres. part. netting)  To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.


Net  v. i.  To form network or netting; to knit.





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"Net" Quotes from Famous Books



... poor fellow making frantic signals to the shore. There was no boat out there, and a big bank intervening, there seemed no way to get to him. Watching through our glasses, we saw him drive the long handle of his net deep into the sand, and cling to it, while the tide rose speedily around him. Meanwhile a whole bevy of his mates had rowed out to the bank, and were literally carrying over its treacherous surface one of their clumsy and heavy fishing ...
— A Labrador Doctor - The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
... design into it from the wrong side. Then he riveted the two ends together where the handle was to go, and lined the cup with a smooth gold plate. One cup shows some hunters trying to catch wild bulls with a net. One great bull is caught in the net. One is leaping clear over it. And a third bull is tossing a hunter on his horns. On the other cup the artist shows some bulls quietly grazing in the forest, while another one is being led ...
— Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae • Jennie Hall
... took his own web of bobinet and made a protecting cage for her head and hands. Never before had she been shielded from the pests of outdoor life. She laughed as she heard the baffled buzzing outside her net, and, pointing her finger, addressed them mockingly. Wetherell took the same joy in this that a child takes in the action of a kitten dressed as a doll. ...
— They of the High Trails • Hamlin Garland
... The net about Gregorio del Pilar was being drawn in and tightened. The closing week in November saw him driven to the last extremity. The tragedy of Tilad Pass was near ...
— Jane Cable • George Barr McCutcheon
... appeared the figure of a small woman dressed in plain and poor black garments. She silently lifted her black net veil and disclosed a dull, pale, worn, weary face. The forehead was low and broad; the eyes were unusually far apart; the lower features were remarkably small and delicate. In health (as the consul at Mannheim had remarked) this woman must ...
— The New Magdalen • Wilkie Collins


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