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Definitions for Net

[1] a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net.
[2] a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects: a tennis net; a mosquito net.
[3] anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber.
[4] a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces.
[5] (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net.
[6] Often nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse.
[7] any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like.
[8] any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment.
[9] the Net, the Internet.
[10] Mathematics . the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space.
[11] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Reticulum.
[12] Informal . a radio or television network.
[13] to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting: netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes.
[14] to take with a net: to net fish.
[15] to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as for catching fish.
[16] to catch or ensnare: to net a dangerous criminal.
[17] (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net.
[18] remaining after deductions, as for charges or expenses (opposed to gross): net earnings.
[19] sold at a stated price with all parts and charges included and with all deductions having been made.
[20] final; totally conclusive: After all that work, what was the net result?
[21] (of weight) after deduction of tare, tret, or both.
[22] net income, profit, or the like.
[23] to gain or produce as clear profit.
[24] National Educational Television.
[25] an openwork fabric of string, rope, wire, etc; mesh Related adjective: retiary
[26] a device made of net, used to protect or enclose things or to trap animals
[27] a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre, used for curtains, dresses, etc (as modifier ) net curtains
[28] a plan, strategy, etc, intended to trap or ensnare the murderer slipped through the police net
[29] sport a strip of net that divides the playing area into two equal parts a shot that hits the net, whether or not it goes over
[30] the goal in soccer, hockey, etc
[31] (often plural) cricket a pitch surrounded by netting, used for practice a practice session in a net
[32] informal short for internet
[33] another word for network (def. 2)
[34] (tr) to catch with or as if with a net; ensnare
[35] (tr) to shelter or surround with a net
[36] (intr) sport to score a goal Rangers netted three times in seven minutes
[37] to make a net out of (rope, string, etc)
[38] (intr) to hit a shot into the net
[39] remaining after all deductions, as for taxes, expenses, losses, etc net profit Compare gross (def. 2)
[40] (of weight) after deducting tare
[41] ultimate; final; conclusive (esp in the phrase net result )
[42] net income, profits, weight, etc
[43] (tr) to yield or earn as clear profit
[44] a company or organization

Words related to Net

screen, network, accumulate, earn, reap, exclusive, clear, remaining, final, excluding, lace, cloth, lattice, netting, fabric, lacework, reticulum, openwork, tracery, nab

Words nearby Net

nestling, nestor, nestorian, nestorianism, nestorius, net, net asset value, net assets, net blotch, net book agreement, net domestic product

Origin of Net

21300–50; Middle English; variant of neat1

Other words from Net

net·ta·ble , adjective
net·like , adjective
net·ta·ble , adjective

Word origin for Net

C14: clean, neat, from French net neat 1 ; related to Dutch net, German nett

Synonyms for Net

clear, excluding, exclusive, final, remaining, after deductions, after taxes, irreducible, pure, take-home, undeductible