net : Idioms & Phrases

Bag" net`

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1. A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

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• a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.

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Bow" net`

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1. .
2. A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
3. A net for catching birds. J. H. Walsh.

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Bram"ble net`

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1. A net to catch birds.

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• an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery.

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• a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left.

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• a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together.

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Day"-net` noun

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1. A net for catching small birds.

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• . Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

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• a seine or hauling net.

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• noun a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current
  

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• a kind of fishing net.

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• noun a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
  fishnet.
  

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• a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.

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• a screen to exclude insects.

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• a kind of net used in catching birds.

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• a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.

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• noun a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills
  

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• a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves.

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• in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

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Knight" bar"o-net

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1. See Baronet.

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• noun a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water
  

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• a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked.

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• a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, used for beds and windows.

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• noun a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos
  

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• a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.

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• noun a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
  let.
  

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• noun the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes)
  

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• verb fish with nets
  

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• noun the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
  lucre; profit; earnings; net; profits; net income.
  

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• noun a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
  net melon; Cucumis melo reticulatus; nutmeg melon.
  
• noun the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
  net melon; nutmeg melon.
  

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• noun the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
  lucre; profit; earnings; net; profits; net income.
  

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• noun gross sales reduced by customer discounts, returns, freight out, and allowances
  

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• noun a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
  ton; short ton.
  

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• (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.

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Net"-veined` adjective

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1. Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.

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• noun a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
  net melon; Cucumis melo reticulatus; nutmeg melon.
  
• noun the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
  net melon; nutmeg melon.
  

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• noun computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and error
  neural network.
  
• noun any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body
  neural network.
  

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• a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground).

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• noun trap consisting of an arrangement of nets directing fish into an enclosure
  

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• a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. Mortimer.

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• noun a guarantee of professional or financial security
  
• noun a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze
  

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• a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river.

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• a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.

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• a net for landing fish.

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• a net for drawing over a large compass.

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• a large fishing net anchored. Scot. Jamieson.

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• a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat.

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• noun a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
  trammel.
  

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• noun a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
  dragnet; trawl.
  

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Tuck"-net` noun

Definitions

1. See Tuck, n., 2.

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• a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other.

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• noun the high net that separates the two teams and over which the volleyball must pass
  

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• a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.

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• lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.

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• a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze.

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• a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish.

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