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What does "net" mean?

Net: 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. Prov. xxix.

Additional senses

  1. 2.In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. Jer. Taylor.
  2. 3.Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.
  3. 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.
  4. 5.To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.
  5. 6.To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. And now I am here, netted and in the toils. Sir W. Scott.
  6. 7.To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
  7. 8.To form network or netting; to knit.
  8. 9.Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.] Her breast all naked as net ivory. Spenser.
  9. 10.Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.]
  10. 11.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.
  11. 12.To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.

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