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Meaning of net | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
nɛt

Definitions

  1. Acronym of neutrophil extracellular trap.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
  3. web, mesh
  4. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
  5. Clipping of Internet.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  6. A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms).
  7. National Educational Television.
  8. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
  9. An open fabric woven of strands that are interlaced and knotted at usually regular intervals:mesh, netting, network, web.
  10. spiderweb
  11. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
  12. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase:capture, catch, get, secure, take.
  13. trap, snare
  14. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
  15. To make as income or profit:bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, pay, produce, realize, repay, return, yield.
  16. net, network
  17. A trap.
    broadly
  18. (any of various devices for catching creatures, eg fish, or for any of a number of other purposes, consisting of) a loose open material made of knotted string, thread, wire etc. a fishing-net; a hair-net; a tennis-net; (also adjective) a net curtain. net شَبَكَه мрежа (de) rede síť; síťový das Netz, Netz-... net; -net; net- δίχτυred, malla võrk دام ؛ تور verkko filetרשת जाल mreža, zamka háló jaring net rete 網 그물, 망, 네트 tinklas, tinklelis; tinklinis tīkls jaring net garn, not; nettsieć, siatka...
    eg
  19. 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.
  20. to catch in a net. They netted several tons of fish. in 'n net gevang يَصيدُ بِشَبَكَه хващам в мрежа apanhar na rede chytat/lovit do sítě mit einem Netz fangen få i garnet πιάνω με δίχτυ ή στα δίχτυα coger võrguga püüdma با تورگرفتن pyydystää verkolla prendre au filet לִלכוֹד בְרֶשֶת जाली मे फांसना uhvatit mrežom hálóval fog menjaring veiða í net prendere con la rete* 網で捕える 그물로 잡다 gaudyti, sugauti (tinklais) []ķert tīklā menjala vangenfange i garnzłowić په دام كښى ګيركول apanhar na rede a pr...
  21. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
  22. material made in the form of a net. wire netting. netwerk, gaas شَبَكَه тюл rede síťovina das Geflecht net; -net πλέγμαmalla, redes võrk تور سيمى verkko tulle, treillisרשת जाली बनाना ograda od žice háló(zat) jaring net rete, reticolato 網 그물 모양의 것 tinklas tīklojums; tīklaudums jaring gaasnettingsiatka د سيم نه جوړ شوى دام rede plasă сетка sieťovina mreža mreža nätverk, nät ตาข่าย ağ, file, kafes 網狀物 сітка جال دار lưới 网状物
  23. A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
  24. a team-game in which a ball is thrown into a net hanging high up on a pole. netbal كُرَة الشَّبَكَه нетбол basquetebol netball (druh košíkové) der Netzball netbold δικτυόσφαιραbaloncesto, básquet korvpall بازى شبيه بسکتبال با 7 بازيگر koripallopeli netball כַּדור-רֶשֶת जाल, नेट igra slična košarci necclabda netball netbolti palla-rete ネットボール 네트볼 angliškasis krepšinis, netbolas basketbola paveids bola jaring korfbalnettball !!(rodzaj koszykówki) بسكيتبال ته ورته لوبه basquetebol netball нетбол...
  25. A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
  26. An openwork fabric made of threads or cords that are woven or knotted together at regular intervals.
  27. A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
  28. Something made of openwork fabric, especially:a. A device for capturing birds, fish, or insects.
  29. The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
    broadly

Equivalents

العربية الشبكة شبكة
Azərbaycanca tor
Беларуская мярэжа се́тка сець
Български мрежа
বাংলা জাল
བོད་སྐད དྲ་བ
Català malla net xarxa
Čeština síť
Cymraeg rhwyd
Dansk garn net vod
Esperanto reto
Eesti võrk
Euskara sare
فارسی تور شبکه
Français filet net net Net
Gaeilge eangach
Galego redar rede
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻupena
עברית הרוויח נקי סופי רשת תפס
हिन्दी जाल
Magyar háló nettó vég végső
Հայերեն ցանց
Bahasa Indonesia jaring
Íslenska net nettó
日本語 正味
ქართული ბადე ქსელი
Қазақша ау тор
한국어 그물
Кыргызча тор
Latina plāga rete
Lëtzebuergesch Netz
ລາວ ຂາຍ
Lietuvių grynas tinklas
Latviešu tīkls
Te Reo Māori kupenga
Македонски мрежа
മലയാളം വല
Монгол тор цэвэр
Bahasa Melayu jala jaring pukat
Malti xibka
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကွန်
Polski netto siatka sieć
پښتو تور
Română câștiga lucra net plasă rețea
Slovenčina sieť
Slovenščina mreža
Svenska nät
Kiswahili kiandarua wavu
தமிழ் வலை
తెలుగు వల
ትግርኛ መርበብ
Türkçe file şebeke
Українська мережа сі́тка сіть чистий
اردو جال
Tiếng Việt lưỡi mắng mùng

Examples

“a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net”
“Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.”
“The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed.”
“Petri net”
“A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.”
“caught in the prosecuting attorney's net”
“Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.”
“The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.”
“Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.”
“The net on that container was only fourteen tons.”
“The Web is just part of the Net.”
“Grandmother used my full middle name when she was talking about me. “Net's, short for Jeannette, baby,” Grandmother proudly answered each time. They all knew who Net was. “Net's gone back to Cincinnati,” she added.”
“But it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for you, Net. 'Cuz I'm not like my parents. I want what's best for you. Always. You know that, right?” “Yeah.” Mom pauses the way she does before she's about to say something she thinks is a part[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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