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net(5) (iou)



net verb1. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[from NET noun1.]
I.
verb trans. Take, catch, or capture (fish, birds, etc.) with a net or nets. LME.
L. Erdrich The fish..swarmed to the surface and we netted them.
b. fig. Take, catch, or capture, as with a net; colloq. acquire. E19.
J. Galsworthy Dusk is falling...Some stars are already netted in the branches of the pines. R. Lindner His first criminal offense..netted him a two-year sentence.
verb trans. Cover or confine with or as with a net or nets. L16.
Tennyson Thy fibres net the dreamless head. N. Bawden The strawberries were netted close to the ground.
verb trans. Fish (a river etc.) with a net; set or use nets in. M19.
R. Adams They made their way upstream to net some likely pool.
verb trans. & intrans. In ball games in which a net is used: send (a ball) into the net, score (a goal). E20.
II.
verb intrans. Make nets or network; occupy oneself with netting. L17.
verb trans. Make (a thing) by netting; cross or interlace (threads etc.) to make network; arrange as or form into a network. E18.
b. Mark with a netlike pattern, reticulate. Chiefly as netted ppl adjective. M19.
nettable adjective able to be netted E19.