Net Ball Piece Wide Noun Animals Caught Fishing

• unfortunately the animals are often caught in fishing nets.
• she's always peering through the net curtains, spying on the neighbours.
• to kick the ball into the back of the net
• she shot the ball past the goalkeeper and into an empty net.

net

1. material that is made of string, thread or wire twisted or tied together, with small spaces in between; a piece of this material used for a particular purpose
• SEE ALSO drift net
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• Unfortunately the animals are often caught in fishing nets.
• She's always peering through the net curtains, spying on the neighbours.

Extra Examples

• They began to cut through the net, one strand at a time.
• We slept in bamboo beds draped in mosquito nets.
• The fishermen were mending their nets.
• He bagged a huge net of carp and bream.
2. the frame covered in net that forms the goal
• to kick the ball into the back of the net
• She shot the ball past the goalkeeper and into an empty net.
• Kane finally found the net in the 78th minute.
3. the piece of net between the two players that the ball goes over
• She hit her second serve straight into the net.
• to hit the ball over the net
4. a piece of ground with a net around it, used for practising batting and bowling
• He practised bowling all morning in the nets.
5. the internet
• He spends his time playing computer games and surfing the net.
6. a network of radios or computers that are connected to each other
• A call on the radio net went out that there had been a crash.
7. to consider a lot of different people, activities, possibilities, etc. when you are looking for something
• It’s worth casting your net wide when applying for your first job.
8. when somebody/something slips through the net, an organization or a system fails to find them and deal with them
• We tried to contact all former students, but one or two slipped through the net.
9. to consider a wide range of possibilities or cover a large area, especially to try to find somebody/something
• They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach.
10. to consider or include a larger range of options or possibilities, especially when searching for something
• It's time to widen the net in the search for a suitable candidate.

Word Origin

• noun Old English net, nett, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch net and German Netz.