net
/nɛt/ verb C2- To catch by means of a net.
- To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- To enclose or cover with a net. · Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
- To score (a goal). · Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- To hit the ball into the net.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
He/she/it nets · Past netted · Past participle netted · -ing form netting
Verb forms
- Base form
- net
- He/she/it
- nets
- Past
- netted
- Past participle
- netted
- -ing form
- netting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Oh, you rave, sir,” exclaimed Villefort, in vain endeavoring to escape the net in which he was taken.
Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net, which he had placed below.
At last, having long waited in vain, he laid aside his flute, and casting his net into the sea, made an excellent haul of fish.
When he saw them leaping about in the net upon the rock he said: “O you most perverse creatures, when I piped you would not dance, but now that I have ceased you do so merrily.”
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