net

Definitions

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is net.

• What is 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 called?
• What is in the church's net there are fishes good or bad. Jer. Taylor called?
• What is anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk called?
• What is to take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. And now I am here, netted and in the toils. Sir W. Scott called?
• What is to inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree called?
• What is without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.] Her breast all naked as net ivory. Spenser called?
• What is free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.] called?
• What is to produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation called?