7 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Netting}.] To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Netting}.] 1. To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as, to net silk. [1913 Webster] 2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. [1913 Webster] And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: netted \netted\ adj. resembing a net or a web. Syn: lacy, netlike, webbed, weblike. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: net adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: {nett}] [ant: {gross}] 2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: {final}, {last}] n 1: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: {Internet}, {cyberspace}] 2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects 3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: {net income}, {net profit}, {lucre}, {profit}, {profits}, {earnings}] 4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) 5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton 6: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: {network}, {mesh}, {meshing}, {meshwork}] v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: {sack}, {sack up}, {clear}] 2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" [syn: {clear}] 3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: {web}] 4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: {nett}] [also: {netting}, {netted}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: netted adj : having open interstices or resembling a web [syn: {lacy}, {netlike}, {webbed}, {weblike}, {webby}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: netted See {net} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "netted": barred, cancellated, crossbarred, filigreed, grated, gridded, laced, lacelike, lacy, latticelike, meshed, meshy, mullioned, netlike, netty, plexiform, reticular, reticulate, reticulated, retiform, streaked, striped
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