net
SubstantivVerbAdjektivAdverbSubstantivVerbVerbInterjektionhäufig in Dialogen
- //nɛt//
A mesh of string, cord or rope.
Substantiv
- 1
A mesh of string, cord or rope.
a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
- 2
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.
- 3
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.
- 4
Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
Petri net
- 5
A trap.
A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
- 6
Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- 7
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- 8
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- 9
A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.
The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
- 10
A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- 11
The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”).
Verb
- 1
To catch by means of a net.
- 2
übertragenTo catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
- 3
To enclose or cover with a net.
Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
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.
- 4
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.
- 5
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.
- 6
To form a netting or network; to knit.
I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.
Adjektiv
- 1
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
net wine
- 2
Remaining after expenses or deductions.
Near-synonym: take-home
net profit; net weight
- 3
Final; end.
net result; net conclusion
- 4
veraltetGood, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
Herkunft
From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.
Adverb
- 1
After expenses or deductions.
You'll have $5000 net.
Substantiv
- 1
The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.
The net on that container was only fourteen tons.
Verb
- 1
To receive as profit.
The company nets $30 on every sale.
- 2
To yield as profit for.
The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- 3
To fully hedge a position.
Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.
Verb
- 1
To clean, wash, rinse.
Herkunft
Borrowed from Middle French nettoyer (“to cleanse”).
Interjektion
- 1
Variante von nyetAlternative spelling of nyet.
Or again, the Russian Government may now take a poor view of publicizing rumours of Snowmen being sighted within their own frontiers. They may prefer to say Net to the prospect of dealing with inquiring foreigners who might ask for permission to go rampaging for footprints and sightings all over their mountains.
Communist propaganda has created for Russia a reputation of a “peace-loving” power which it values. It cannot, therefore, afford to say net to any and every Western proposal.
Then as now this impersonal vastness was the public face of Russia. Its voice, if it had one, intoned an unmistakable Net. And all the canals and looking-glass mansions, in their courtly but firm way, were saying Net too.
He asked me what nationality I was, and I replied, “American.” / “Net, net,” he cried. “What nationality?”
Formen
- Plural
- nets
- Präteritum
- netted
- Partizip II
- netted
- Partizip I
- netting
- 3. Person Singular
- nets