net
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
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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”).
Inflected forms:
form: nets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: netting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: netted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: netted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: nett
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: nett
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A mesh of string, cord or rope.
pos: noun
examples: a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
gloss: A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
pos: noun
examples: Petri net
gloss: A trap.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
pos: noun
gloss: A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
pos: noun
gloss: A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
pos: noun
examples: Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.
The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
gloss: A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: To catch by means of a net.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
gloss: To enclose or cover with a net.
pos: verb
examples: to net a tree
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
⁠That name the under-lying dead,
⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head,
Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
gloss: To score (a goal).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
gloss: To hit the ball into the net.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: To form a netting or network; to knit.
pos: verb
examples: I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.
gloss: Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: net wine
gloss: Remaining after expenses or deductions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonym: take-home
net profit; net weight
gloss: Final; end.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: net result; net conclusion
gloss: Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
gloss: After expenses or deductions.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: You'll have $5000 net.
Synonyms: mesh
network
trap
Derived words: African net sponge
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
haynet
hay net
hit the net
hockey net
honeynet
hypernet
innernet
intranet
keepnet
landing net
lave net
life net
lift net
malaria net
matternet
micronet
midge net
mist net
mosquito net
multinet
nanonet
nerf net
nerve net
netaholic
net art
netback
netbag
net ball
net-ball
netball
netbank
netblock
net blotch
netbook
netboot
NetBSD
netburp
net call sign
netcam
netcast
netcentric
netcode
netcop
netcronym
net curtain
netdead
net deck
net-deck
netdeck
netfic
netful
netgame
netgamer
netgoth
net gun
nethead
netkeeper
netlabel
netlag
net layer
netleaf
net-leaved poison
netless
net-like
netlike
Netlish
netlist
netload
netlore
netmail
netmaker
netmaking
netman
netmask
net minder
netminder
netname
net-neutral
net neutrality
netnews
netnography
netphone
netpicker
netpicking
netplay
netpost
netprov
net-raising
netroots
net run rate
netsex
netslang
netsman
netspace
netspeak
netsplit
netster
netsurf
netsurfer
netsurfing
nettable
nettie
netting
nettop
net-veined
netwar
netwide
net-winged
net-winged beetle
netwise
network
netzine
neural net
newsnet
nothing but net
overnet
Petri net
piconet
pocket net
point net
purse net
push net
safety net
scap-net
scoop net
scramble net
semantic net
set net
set-net
shark net
shopping net
shrimp net
singles net
slip through the net
sneakernet
social safety net
spread one's net wide
spring net
stakenet
stereonet
string-net
subnet
suicide net
supernet
supranet
sweep net
tangle net
thicknet
thinnet
tooth net
torpedo net
townet
trail net
trawlnet
tunnel net
turtle-net
undernet
water net
wolf net
wordnet
Wulff net
benet
cast-net
internet
internetted
internetting
net net
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: شَبَكَة
roman: šabaka
lang: Armenian
word: ցանց
roman: cʻancʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şəbəkə
lang: Catalan
word: xarxa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 網絡 /网络
roman: wǎngluò
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 網路 /网路
roman: wǎnglù
lang: Czech
word: síť
lang: Danish
word: net
lang: Dutch
word: net
lang: Dutch
word: netwerk
lang: Esperanto
word: reto
lang: Faroese
word: net
lang: Finnish
word: verkko
lang: French
word: réseau
lang: Galician
word: rede
lang: German
word: Netz
lang: Greek
word: δίκτυο
roman: díktyo
lang: Greek
word: βρόγχος
roman: vrónchos
lang: Hebrew
word: רֶשֶׁת
roman: réshet
lang: Hungarian
word: net
lang: Icelandic
word: net
lang: Ido
word: reto
lang: Irish
word: eangach
lang: Italian
word: rete
lang: Japanese
word: ネットワーク
roman: nettowāku
lang: Japanese
word: 連絡網
roman: renraku mō
lang: Korean
word: 네트워크
roman: neteuwokeu
lang: Latvian
word: tīkls
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Netz
lang: Malagasy
word: tetitsipika
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nett
lang: Persian
word: شَبَکِه
roman: šabake
lang: Polish
word: sieć
lang: Portuguese
word: rede
lang: Russian
word: сеть
roman: setʹ
lang: Slovene
word: mreža
lang: Slovene
word: omrežje
lang: Spanish
word: red
lang: Swedish
word: nät
lang: Tajik
word: шабака
roman: šabaka
lang: Turkish
word: şebeke
lang: Zazaki
word: thor