netting Definition

net¹
noun

1. An openwork material made of thread or cord, etc knotted, twisted or woven so as to form regularly shaped meshes.

Thesaurus: mesh, netting, lattice, network.
2. A piece of this in any of various shapes or qualities appropriate to such uses as catching fish or insects, protecting fruit bushes, confining hair, etc.
3. A strip of net dividing a tennis or badminton court, etc.
4. sport.
The net-backed goal in hockey and football, etc.
5a. cricket.
A practice pitch enclosed in nets, indoors or outdoors;
Form: nets
5b. cricket.
A practice session in nets.
Form: nets
6. A snare or trap.
7. Short for the Internet.

Form: the net

adj

1. Made of or like net.

verb netted, netting

1. To catch something in a net.

Thesaurus: apprehend, trap, ensnare, enmesh, capture, catch, bag (slang), nab (slang).
2. To cover something with a net.
3. sport.
To hit or kick, etc (the ball) into the net or goal.
intr
4. To construct net from thread or cord, etc.
5. historical
To make (a purse, etc) using a knotting and looping process.

Derivative: netted

Made into a net.

Reticulated.

Caught in a net.
Thesaurus: caught, captured, arrested, apprehended, seized, enmeshed.

Covered with a net.

Derivative: netting

Any material with meshes, made by knotting or twisting thread, cord or wire, etc.

The act or process of netting.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon net or nett.

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net²
adj

1. Said of profit: remaining after all expenses, etc have been paid. Opposite of gross.

Thesaurus: remaining, excluding, after-tax, clear, irreducible, final, lowest; Antonym: gross.
2. Said of weight: excluding the packaging or container.

verb

netted, netting
1. To produce, or earn, (an amount) as clear profit.

Thesaurus: make, profit, clear, accumulate, earn, gain, obtain, realize, reap, secure, bring in.

Etymology: 14c: French, meaning ‘clean'.

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