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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neat \Neat\, adjective [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. {Nitid}, {Net}, adjective, {Natty}.]
1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. --Law.
2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
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.
5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, adjective, 3.]
{neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed.
{Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines.
Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Net \Net\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Net \Net\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W. Scott.
3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Net \Net\ (n[e^]t), noun [AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. n["a]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.
2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.
A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. --Prov. xxix. 5.
In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. --Jer. Taylor.
3. Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.
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.
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.0.44 [gcide]:
Net \Net\, verb (used without an object) To form network or netting; to knit.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Net \Net\, adjective [F. See {Neat} clean.]
1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.]
Her breast all naked as net ivory. --Spenser.
2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.]
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}.]
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
net
adjective
1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: {nett}] [ant: {gross}]
2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: {final}, {last}]
noun
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}, {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 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: {network}, {mesh}, {meshing}, {meshwork}]
verb
1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: {sack}, {sack up}, {clear}]
2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" [syn: {clear}]
3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: {web}]
4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: {nett}] [also: {netting}, {netted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
379 Moby Thesaurus words for "net": acquire, afford, angle, apprehend, arabesque, arrest, asking price, avails, avoirdupois, bag, bait, bait the hook, balance, bargain price, basketry, basketwork, be seized of, beef, beefiness, bid, bid price, birdlime, bob, bola, box office, braid, bring in, burden, cancellation, capital gains, capitalize on, capture, cash in on, cash price, catch, catch out, circuit, clam, clean up, cleanup, clear, clear profit, coast-to-coast hookup, cobweb, coin money, colander, come by, come in for, come into, commercialize, commissions, contract, controlled price, corral, cramp, credit, credits, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cripple, crop, cross-hatching, crossing-out, cumber, current price, current quotation, cut price, dap, deadweight, decoy, deficit, derive, dib, dibble, difference, discrepancy, disposable income, dividend, dividends, drag down, dragnet, draw, drive, earn, earned income, earnings, embarrass, encumber, enlace, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, enter into possession, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, enweb, epact, fatness, fetter, filigree, filthy lucre, fish, fishhook, fixed price, flat rate, fly, fly-fish, foul, fret, fretwork, gain, gain by, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gettings, gig, gill net, gin, gleanings, go fishing, going price, grate, grating, gravity, grid, gridiron, grig, grille, grillwork, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, gross weight, ground bait, guddle, hachure, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harpoon, harvest, hatching, heaviness, heft, heftiness, hoard, hobble, honeycomb, hook, hook in, hookup, impede, income, intake, interest, interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave, intort, inveigle, involve, jack, jacklight, jig, killing, knit, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lame, land, lariat, lasso, lattice, latticework, left, leftover, lime, list price, liveweight, loom, loop, lucre, lumber, lure, make, make a killing, make an arrest, make money, make money by, makings, market price, mat, mesh, meshes, meshwork, nail, neat price, neat profit, neat weight, net income, net profit, net receipts, net weight, netting, network, noose, obtain, odd, output, outstanding, over, overbalance, overweight, package price, paper profits, pay, pay off, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pick up, pickings, piece price, plait, pleach, plexure, plexus, plug, ponderability, ponderosity, ponderousness, porosity, porousness, pound net, poundage, press down, price list, prices current, proceeds, procure, produce, profit, profits, pull down, purse seine, put under arrest, quotation, quoted price, raddle, radio links, rake-off, realize, realize on, reap, receipt, receipts, receivables, recommended price, remainder, remaining, remanent, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, return, returns, revenue, riddle, rope, royalties, sack, saddle with, score, screen, screening, secure, seine, seize, selling price, shackle, shrimp, sieve, sievelikeness, snag, snare, snarl, sniggle, spare, spear, spin, spinner, splice, sponge, spread the toils, springe, squid, still-fish, stock market quotations, store, strainer, superfluous, surplus, surviving, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, take-in, takings, tangle, tangle up with, texture, throughput, tissue, to spare, toil, toils, tonnage, torch, tracery, trade price, trammel, trap, trawl, trellis, trelliswork, trip, troll, turn a penny, turn to account, turn to profit, twill, twine, twist, unconsumed, underweight, unearned income, unit price, unused, wattle, wealth, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, weigh down, weight, weightiness, whale, wholesale price, wicker, wickerwork, win, wind, winnings, wobbler, wreathe, yield
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
net.- /net dot/ pref. [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning 'net.'. Includes {net.god}s, 'net.goddesses' (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), 'net.lurkers' (see {lurker}), 'net.person', 'net.parties' (a synonym for {boink}, sense 2), and many similar constructs. See also {net.police}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
net
1. {network}. 2. {network, the}. 3. {neural network}. 4. The {top-level domain} originally for networks, although it sees heavy use for {vanity domains} of all types. [{Jargon File}] (1999-01-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
net.- /net dot/ A prefix used to describe people and events related to {Usenet} and the {Internet}. The convention dates from the time before the {Great Renaming}, when most non-local {Usenet} newsgroups had names beginning "net.". Includes {net.god}s, "net.goddesses" (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), "net.lurkers" (see {lurker}), "net.person", "net.parties" (a synonym for {boink}), and many similar constructs. See also {net.police}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-21)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Net in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9). The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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