net1 /net/ noun- An open fabric, knotted into meshes
- A piece, bag, screen or structure of such fabric used for catching fish, butterflies, etc, carrying parcels, stopping balls, dividing a tennis court, retaining hair or excluding pests
- A network
- Machine-made lace of various kinds
- A snare
- A plan to trap or catch someone or something
- A difficulty
- A let (tennis)
- (usu in pl) a practice pitch surrounded by nets (cricket)
- A practice session on such a pitch (cricket)
- The shape of a three-dimensional figure when laid out flat (mathematics)
- (with cap and the) the Internet
adjective- Of or like net or network
- (often with cap) of or relating to the Internet
transitive verb (nettˈing; nettˈed)- To form into a net or network
- To mark or cover with a net or network
- To set with nets
- To fish with nets
- To form by knotting threads into meshes
- To take with a net
- To capture
- (also intransitive verb) to send (eg a ball) into the net (sport)
intransitive verb To form a net or network ORIGIN: OE net, nett; Du net, Ger Netz netˈful noun Enough to fill a net nettˈed adjective - Made into a net
- Reticulated
- Caught in a net
- Covered with a net
nettˈing noun - The act or process of forming a net or network
- A piece of network
- Any network of ropes or wire
nettˈy adjective Like a net netˈball noun A team game in which the ball is thrown into a net hung from a pole netˈbook noun A portable computer smaller than a laptop Netˈcafé noun An Internet café (qv) net cord noun - A string supporting a lawn tennis net
- A shot in which the tennis-player strikes the net cord with the ball
netˈ-fish noun Any fish, like the herring, usu caught in nets (cf trawl-fish and line-fish) netˈ-fishˈery noun - A place for net-fishing
- The business of net-fishing
netˈ-fishing noun Fishing with nets net game or netˈ-play noun (in tennis, etc) play near the net net'-minder noun (ice-hockey) A goal-tender netˈ-player noun (in tennis, etc) one who plays from near the net net practice noun Cricket practice within nets netˈroots plural noun (US inf) Ordinary people who use the Internet as a medium for social and political campaigning Netˈspeak noun (informal) The style of language characteristically used on the Internet, disregarding many of the conventions of traditional grammar and making frequent use of abbreviations and acronyms nettˈing-needˈle noun A kind of shuttle used in netting netˈ-veined adjective (eg of a leaf or an insect's wing) having veins that branch and meet in a network netˈ-winged adjective Having net-veined wings netˈwork noun - Any structure in the form of a net
- A system of lines, eg railway lines, resembling a net
- A system of units, as eg buildings, agencies, groups of people, constituting a widely-spread organization and having a common purpose
- A group of people with a common interest, esp of those who meet socially, who share information, swap contacts, etc
- An arrangement of electrical components
- A system of stations connected for broadcasting the same programme (radio and TV)
- A system of computer terminals and other peripheral devices that can pass information to one another
transitive verb - To broadcast on radio or TV stations throughout the country, as opposed to a single station covering only one region
- To link (computer terminals and other peripheral devices) to enable them to operate interactively
intransitive verb To form business or professional contacts with people met on a social basis network computer noun A simple computer that relies on a server, accessed over a network to provide many of the functions normally found in a PC netˈworker noun - An employee who works from home on a personal computer linked to the computer network in his or her company's offices
- A person who develops business and professional contacts through informal social meetings
netˈworking noun dance in a net To act in imagined concealment net2 or nett /net/ adjective- Clear of all charges or deductions, opp to gross
- (of weight) not including that of packaging
- Lowest, subject to no further deductions
- (of eg a result) final or conclusive
- Clean (obsolete)
- Bright (obsolete)
- Unmixed, pure (obsolete)
- Neat, trim (rare)
transitive verb (nettˈing; nettˈed) To gain or produce as clear profit ORIGIN: neat1 net assets plural noun The total value of the assets of a company minus liabilities, used as an indication of the accounting value of the owners' interest or equity (also net asset value) Net Book Agreement see NBA net dividend noun The dividend paid to shareholders, excluding any tax credit net realizable value noun The amount expected to be received from the sale of an asset after deducting all the expenses incurred in the sale reticle /retˈi-kl/ noun An attachment to an optical instrument consisting of a network of lines of reference ORIGIN: L rēticulum, dimin of rēte net reticular /ri-tikˈū-lər/ adjective - Netted
- Netlike
- Reticulated
- Of the reticulum
reticˈularly adverb reticˈulary adjective reticˈulate /-lāt/ transitive verb - To form into or mark with a network
- To distribute (eg water or electricity) by a network
intransitive verb To form a network adjective /-lət or -lit/ - Netted
- Marked with network
- Net-veined
reticˈulāted adjective - Reticulate
- (of masonry) consisting of lozenge-shaped stones, or of squares placed diamond-wise
- (of rusticated work) having ridges of uniform width between irregular sinkings
reticˈulately adverb reticulāˈtion noun - Network
- Netlike structure
reticule /retˈi-kūl/ noun - A reticle
- A small, woman's handbag, esp and orig of network
reticˈulocyte noun An immature red blood cell that exhibits a reticulated appearance when stained reticˈulum noun (pl reticˈula) - A network
- The second stomach of a ruminant
- (with cap) a southern constellation, also called the Net, between Hydrus and Dorado
reticulo-endothelial system noun (immunology) The network of phagocytic cells extending throughout lymphoid and other organs which is involved in the uptake and clearance of foreign particles from the blood |