net
/nɛt/ noun B1- A mesh of string, cord or rope. · a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device. · Petri net
- A trap. · caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
- Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
Plural nets
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I told him that I had a shark and a gudgeon in my net; now I am drawing the net and up they come together."
A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore.
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.
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