Any object or structure resembling a net; spec. a reticular arrangement of lines, fibres, blood vessels, etc. Cf. net, n.2

†(a) the work of weaving (obsolete); (b) a cobweb; something likened to a cobweb or to woven fabric in having an intricate or complex structure.

A piece of work having the form or construction of a net; an arrangement or structure with intersecting lines and interstices resembling those of…

A network; an arrangement of lines or markings resembling a net; reticulated structure or arrangement; (in plural) the elements of which such a…

transferred and figurative. Something resembling a cobweb in nature or appearance.

In technical uses. Biology. An interlaced or netlike structure in an organism.

Chiefly Biology. A network of fibres, vessels, cells, etc. Cf. rete, n. 2.

A structure resembling a net; a grid, a network.

work having the characteristics or appearance of a spider's web; spec. in Needlework = opus araneum, n.

Meshes collectively; a structure consisting of meshes, a network. Frequently in extended use.

A fishing-net. In quots. transferred and figurative, a network (of railways, etc.).

Originally U.S. A complex system or network consisting of structurally interconnected component parts.

Work consisting of metal rings or links intertwined so as to form a net-work.

Ribs collectively; any structure, work, or arrangement consisting of ribs, or having the appearance of ribs.

The action of making a mesh, esp. of making the meshes in a net. Also concrete: the result of this; a mesh, a net.