8 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]: Netting \Net"ting\, n. Urine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Netting \Net"ting\, n. [From {Net}, n.] 1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. --Totten. [1913 Webster] {Netting needle}, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See {Needle}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] 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]: netting n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: {gauze}, {veiling}] 2: creating netting From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: netting See {net} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 64 Moby Thesaurus words for "netting": apprehension, arabesque, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, basketry, basketwork, bust, cancellation, capture, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, network, pinch, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, seizure, sieve, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork
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