| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  n t |
| NOUN: | 1. An openwork fabric made of threads or cords that are woven or knotted together at regular intervals. 2. Something made of openwork fabric, especially: a. A device for capturing birds, fish, or insects. b. A barrier against flying insects. c. A mesh for holding the hair in place. d. Something that entraps; a snare. e. A fine mesh fabric used as curtain or dress material or as the foundation for various laces. 3. Sports a. A barrier of meshwork cord or rope strung between two posts to divide a court in half, as in tennis and badminton. b. A ball that is hit into this meshwork barrier. c. The goal in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. d. The cord meshwork attached to the hoop of a basket in basketball. 4. A meshed network of lines, figures, or fibers. 5. A radio, television, or telephone network. 6. Computer Science See network (sense 4a). | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: net·ted, net·ting, nets
1. To catch or ensnare in or as if in a net. 2. To cover, protect, or surround with or as if with a net. 3. Sports To hit (a ball) into the net. 4. To make into a net. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English. See ned- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | net ter —NOUN
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