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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.
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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.
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2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
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And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
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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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