From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \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. [1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.] 1. To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as, to net silk. [1913 Webster] 2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. [1913 Webster] And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \Net\, v. i. To form network or netting; to knit. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \Net\, a. [F. See Neat clean.] 1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Her breast all naked as net ivory. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.] [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Net \Net\ (n[e^]t), n. [AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. n[aum]t, Goth. nati; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding. [1913 Webster] A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. --Prov. xxix. 5. [1913 Webster] In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net. [1913 Webster] 4. (Geom.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law. [1913 Webster] 5. A network. [informal] [PJC] 6. Specifically: The internet; -- usually the net; as, I found it on the net. [slang] [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. Neater; superl. Neatest.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. Nitid, Net, a., Natty.] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. [1913 Webster] If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. --Law. [1913 Webster] 2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. [1913 Webster] 3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.) Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. "Our old wine neat." --Chapman. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. [1913 Webster] 5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. Note: [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.] [1913 Webster] neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines. [1913 Webster] Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: net adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] [ant: gross] 2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] n 1: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: internet, net, cyberspace] 2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects 3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings] 4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) 5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton 6: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork] v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: net, sack, sack up, clear] 2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" [syn: net, clear] 3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web, net] 4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: net, nett] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]: net 1. <networking> network. 2. <networking> network, the. 3. <architecture> neural network. 4. <networking> The top-level domain originally for networks, although it sees heavy use for vanity domains of all types. 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