Dictionary Entry
net
net is a 3-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.
- 2transitive verb
To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
- 3transitive verb
To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
- 4intransitive verb
To form network or netting; to knit.
- 5adjective
Without spot; pure; shining.
- 6adjective
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc.
- 7adjective
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.
- 8transitive verb
To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.
- 9noun
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
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- 10noun
an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- 11noun
a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
- 12noun
game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- 13noun
a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- 14noun
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- 15verb
catch with a net
"net a fish"
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- 16verb
construct or form a web, as if by weaving
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- 17verb
make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"
- 18verb
yield as a net profit
"This sale netted me $1 million"
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- 19adjective
conclusive in a process or progression
"the final answer"
"a last resort"
- 20adjective
remaining after all deductions
"net profit"
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