Nets

What do we mean by nets?

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

(by extension) A trap.

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.

A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.

A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

(by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

Probably the biggest bandwagon team in the entire NBA. About half the fans were Bulls fans in the 90's, Lakers fans in the Early 00's, and Nets and Spurs fans. Another half is unloyal Knick fans who got sick of the Knicks losing so they went for the next local team that was actually winning. Then there is the small percentage that stayed loyal to them. Urban Dictionary

Cricket practice equipment consisting of a single wicket surrounded by nets which prevent the ball being hit a long way. Used for practising bowling and batting without fielders. Urban Dictionary

The Greatest Team of All-Time, in any kind of sport. Urban Dictionary

Now overused term for 'so the bottom line is...' Comes from an investor/accounting concept when valuing a company; based on the sum of sales/what you own (net assets) vs sum of debts (net liabilities). Weighing up net assets vs net liabilities (net-net) then says whether you have an overall positive or negative business. The term is very reductive - you don't need to explain what individual parts make up the positives or negatives, or how big they are... just that the final result is a win/loss or a yes/no. Somehow the term has gradually crept from accounting into general business jargon (net-net this deal is good) and eventually just to give an opinion where you don't feel like providing any of the detail of how that view was formed or allow for argument from another person (I've done all the weighing up and we are going this way). Urban Dictionary

A term used by office douchebags that mean to say net but feel that repeating the word makes them sound more important important. Urban Dictionary

The bottom line. get to the point. Urban Dictionary

A word that really doesnt mean anything. People tend to use this term when they are at a loss of words and are not bright enough to use proper english. They are generally round in body shape and speak somewhat gay. I do not recommend using this term in the workplace!! Urban Dictionary

The object that Robbie Rotten had found in Season 4 and episode 12 of Lazy Town, which was given to his fellow clones in an attempt to let them catch Sportacus. But when Sportacus arrives, the clones threw the net over the real Robbie and fails the task. Urban Dictionary

On the internet, online Urban Dictionary

(1) To have lost a cuss battle without a comeback (2) To put a fish net over a small child's head (3) Laxatives in a shopping trolley whilst dancing to the agadoo Dave:You Just Got netted Mate! Bob: :/ Hmmm... Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to nets:
nets.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word nets:
petri, aba, nuggets, nba, kidd, traps, clippers, cavaliers, bucks, netting, seine, mesh, waived, malaria, spurs, hooks, ers, catch, herring, net, fishing, shark, gill, hawks, fisheries, catching, fish, playoff, brooklyn, salmon, pick, overtime, assists, trap, basketball, yes, milwaukee, draft, franchise, beaches, boats, orlando, denver, jersey, points, gear, caught, rookie, antonio, recreational, charlotte, jason, indiana, warriors, hunting, portland, harbor, miami, lose, williams, cleveland, kentucky, heat, atlanta, arena.

Words that rhyme with nets:
assets, lets, begets, jets, sets, epithets, metz, vignettes, regrets, gets, sweats, mets, pets, debts, bets, outlets, threats, cigarettes, getz, setts, silhouettes, vets, frets, gretz, fetz, minarets, stets, cassettes, soviets, cadets, duets, offsets, blue jets, tzetze, rosettes, bayonets, upsets, lorgnettes, whets, hetz, resets, letts, petz, handsets, statuettes, mindsets, inlets, fettes, betz, suffragettes, corvettes, betts, coronets, quartets, sunsets, brevets, retz, pipettes, baronets, falconets, headsets, brunettes, pirouettes, diskettes, kuznets, forgets, goetz, netz, quetsch, fretz, dragnets, netts, roulettes, videocassettes, bretz, rockettes, luncheonettes, cabernets, kmetz, metts, stetz, wetz, kretz, couchettes, getts, aerojets, bretts, greitz, harmetz, ketz, letz, nonjets, pletz, sassnets, swetz, twinjets.

Adjectives that are often used to describe nets:
neural, social, large, semantic, small, fishing, seine, long, petri, fine, huge, stochastic, meshed, level, mist, big, free, strong, fixed, hand, heavy, artificial, mesh, larger, gill, submarine, smaller, safe, coloured, logical, hair, colored, fyke, brown, ordinary, terminal, connected, random, timed, treated, critical, commercial, torpedo, shaped, neuronal, sub, stake, empty, complex, fuzzy, handled, generalized, hierarchical, silken, connectionist, illegal, golden, dimensional, set, recurrent, vertical, causal, antisubmarine, herring, made, butterfly, cast, synthetic, bottom.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective nets:
approach.

Consonant match to nets:
nuts, notes, nates, knots, nats, nights, knights, gnats, nots, knits, newts, nitz, noughts, neats, nites, notts, naughts, netz, knotts, netts, neitz, notz.

Words that sound like nets:
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