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| netting | |
| 1. n. Something that acts as, or looks like, a net. |  |
| 2. n. (dialect) urine | |
| net | |
| 1. n. A mesh of string, cord or rope. | |
| a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net | |
| 2. n. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. | |
| 3. n. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something. | |
| 4. n. Anything that has the appearance of such a device. | |
| Petri net | |
| 5. n. (by extension) A trap. | |
| caught in the prosecuting attorney's net | |
| 6. n. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron. | |
| 7. n. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. | |
| a computer network; a road network; an electricity distribution network | |
| 8. n. (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals. | |
| 9. n. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc. | |
| The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0. | |
| 10. n. (sports) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc. | |
| 11. n. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court). | |
| 12. v. To catch by means of a net. | |
| 13. v. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem. | |
| 14. v. To enclose or cover with a net. | |
| to net a tree | |
| 15. v. (transitive, football) To score (a goal). | |
| Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute. | |
| 16. v. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net. | |
| 17. v. To form network or netting; to knit. | |
| 18. adj. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear. | |
| 19. adj. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat. | |
| net wine | |
| 20. adj. Remaining after expenses or deductions. | |
| net profit; net weight | |
| 21. adj. Final; end. | |
| net result; net conclusion | |
| 22. adv. After expenses or deductions. | |
| You'll have $5000 net. | |
| 23. n. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit. | |
| 24. v. To receive as profit. | |
| The company nets $30 on every sale. | |
| 25. v. To yield as profit for. | |
| The scam netted the criminals $30,000. | |
| 26. v. To fully hedge a position. | |
| Every party is netting their position with a counter-party | |
