dragnet
drag·net
dragnet · dragnets
невод, бредень, сеть, трал
Schleppnetz, Schleppnetzfahndung
A net dragged across the bottom of a body of waterA net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
/ˈdɹæɡˌnɛt/
Meaning
2 sensesA net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
Schleppnetz
не́водnévod, бре́деньbrédenʹ, сетьsetʹ
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
(figuratively)A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
Schleppnetzfahndung
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
net dragged across the bottom:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
net dragged across the bottom:
Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.:
Origin
From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnetFrom drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: dragnetsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths:trawltrawl net
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddragnet mortgage