Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To catch by means of a net.

    mit einem Netz fangen

    catch with a net

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

  3. To enclose or cover with a net.

    Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.

    make as a net profit

  4. (transitive)To score (a goal).

    Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

  5. To hit the ball into the net.

    yield as a net profit

  6. To form a netting or network; to knit.

  7. (transitive)To receive as profit.

    The company nets $30 on every sale.

    netto verdienen

    зарабатыватьzarabatyvatʹ

  8. (transitive)To yield as profit for.

    The scam netted the criminals $30,000.

  9. To fully hedge a position.

    Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.

  10. (dialectal)To clean, wash, rinse.

Examples

155 sentences
  1. He fixed the net.

    Він полагодив сітку. — mrcenoura

    ruОн починил сеть. — Lenin_1917

    deEr reparierte das Netz. — samueldora

  2. We need a safety net.

    Нам потрібна сітка безпеки. — deniko

    ruНам нужна страховка. — sharptoothed

  3. I captured butterflies with a net.

    Я спіймав метеликів сачком. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ наловил сачком бабочек. — marafon

    deIch habe Schmetterlinge mit einem Netz gefangen. — Manfredo

  4. The boy captured the bird with a net.

  5. Tom fixed the net.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
receive as profit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
catch by means of a net:
receive as profit:

Origin

From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from

From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”).

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

Borrowed from Middle French nettoyer (“to cleanse”).

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Forms

nets, netting, netted, netted
Base formnet · to net
3rd person singularnets
Present participlenetting
Past simplenetted
Past participlenetted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynet
he, she, itnets

Past simpleLesson

all personsnetted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave netted
he, she, ithas netted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill net

Synonyms

9 synonyms
catch by means of a net:catchA1
Close in meaning
  • catch with a net:nett
  • make as a net profit:sackclear
  • yield as a net profit:clear
  • construct or form a web, as if by weaving:web

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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