1. [n]  an open fabric woven together at regular intervals
2. [n]  a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
3. [n]  game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
4. [n]  a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
5. [n]  an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of components; "there was a hole in the network where some of the strands were broken"; "he used a copper frame with copper meshing"
6. [n]  the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
7. [adj]  conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
8. [adj]  remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
9. [v]  catch with a net; "net a fish"
10. [v]  construct or form a web, as if by weaving
11. [v]  make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
12. [v]  yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

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1. \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Netting}.]
   1. To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to
      net silk.
   2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
            And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
   3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
   

2. \Net\, v. i.
   To form network or netting; to knit.
   

3. \Net\, a. [F. See {Neat} clean.]
   1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.]
            Her breast all naked as net ivory.    --Spenser.
   2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated;
      neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.]
   3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter,
      as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges,
      deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight,
      etc. [Less properly written {nett}.]
   {Net tonnage} (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a
      deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow
      space for crew, machinery, etc.
   

4. \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.
   

1. 1. network.

   2. network, the.

   3. neural network.

   4. The top-level domain originally for networks, although it sees heavy use for vanity domains of all types.

   [Jargon File]

2. /net dot/ A prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet and the Internet. The convention dates from the time before the Great Renaming, when most non-local Usenet newsgroups had names beginning "net.". Includes net.gods, "net.goddesses" (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), "net.lurkers" (see lurker), "net.person", "net.parties" (a synonym for boink), and many similar constructs.

   See also net.police.

   [Jargon File]

in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9).

The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.