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Word: net
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Final.
- obsolete Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
- Remaining after expenses or deductions.
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Noun:
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for catching fish.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- by extension A trap.
- computing A computer network.
- sports|tennis A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- geometry Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
- sports A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
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Verb:
- To fully hedge a position.
- transitive figurative To catch in a trap.
- transitive football To score (a goal).
- transitive To catch by means of a net.
- transitive To receive as profit.
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