English Explanatory Dictionary

net

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
  2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
  3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
  4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
  5. A trap.
  6. 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.
  8. A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
  9. A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
  10. A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
  11. The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
verb
  1. To catch by means of a net.
  2. To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
  3. To enclose or cover with a net.
  4. To score (a goal).
  5. To hit the ball into the net.
  6. To form a netting or network; to knit.
adj
  1. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
  2. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
  3. Final; end.
  4. Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
adv
  1. After expenses or deductions.
noun
  1. The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
verb
  1. To receive as profit.
  2. To yield as profit for.
  3. To fully hedge a position.
verb
  1. To clean, wash, rinse.
intj
  1. Alternative spelling of nyet.
name
  1. Clipping of Internet.
name
  1. A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms).
noun
  1. Acronym of neutrophil extracellular trap.
prep
  1. Initialism of no earlier than or not earlier than.

Pronunciation

nĕt /nɛt/ en-us-net.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-net.wav

Word forms

net nets netting netted nett the Net 'Net

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”).

Synonyms

mesh network trap reticulation snare development catch ensnare entrap take-home

Related words

suttle tare tret net and rouf

Derived words

all is fish that comes to the net all's fish that comes to the net Apollonian net back of the net balloon net beard net bednet bobbinet bodynet botnet bow net bramble net Brussels net butterfly net camouflage net cargo net casting net casting-net cast net cast one's net far and wide cast one's net wide cast one's net wider cheapernet clap net cricket net darknet day-net dilly net dip net doubles net drag-net dragnet draught net drawnet drift net dropnet empty net goal empty-net goal Ethernet extranet find the net fishing net fishnet flynet fold net Freenet fyke net fyke-net garden net geonet ghost net gillnet hairnet hand net hay net haynet hit the net hockey net honeynet hypernet

Translations

Arabic: شَبَكَة Armenian: ցանց Azerbaijani: şəbəkə Catalan: xarxa Chinese Mandarin: 網絡 /网络 Chinese Mandarin: 網路 /网路 Czech: síť Danish: net Dutch: net Dutch: netwerk Esperanto: reto Faroese: net Finnish: verkko French: réseau Galician: rede German: Netz Greek: δίκτυο Greek: βρόγχος Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת Hungarian: net Icelandic: net Ido: reto Irish: eangach Italian: rete Japanese: ネットワーク Japanese: 連絡網 Korean: 네트워크 Latvian: tīkls Luxembourgish: Netz Malagasy: tetitsipika Norwegian Bokmål: nett Persian: شَبَکِه Polish: sieć Portuguese: rede Russian: сеть Slovene: mreža Slovene: omrežje Spanish: red Swedish: nät Tajik: шабака Turkish: şebeke Zazaki: thor
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