net

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net

A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

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.

A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

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.

Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

Petri net

A trap.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

caught in the prosecuting attorney's net

To catch by means of a net.

To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

And now I am here, netted and in the toils.

To enclose or cover with a net.

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.

To score (a goal).

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.

To hit the ball into the net.

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.

Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

net wine

Remaining after expenses or deductions.

Near-synonym: take-home

net profit; net weight

Final; end.

net result; net conclusion

Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.

Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]