The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
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            And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Net \Net\, v. i.
   To form network or netting; to knit.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Net \Net\, a. [F. See Neat clean.]
   1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.]
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            Her breast all naked as net ivory.    --Spenser.
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   2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated;
      neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.]
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   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.]
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor
            body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
                                                  --Law.
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   2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;
      simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;
      chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
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   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.
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   4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;
      finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
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   5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.

   Note: [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a.,
         3.]
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   neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be
      built or formed.

   Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines.
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   Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare;
      any device for catching and holding.
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            A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net
            for his feet.                         --Prov. xxix.
                                                  5.
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            In the church's net there are fishes good or bad.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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   3. Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the
      hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.
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   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.
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   5. A network. [informal]
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   6. Specifically: The internet; -- usually the net; as, I
      found it on the net. [slang]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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



V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

NET
       Network Entity Title


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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)


Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

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.