Net Definition–noun | 1. | a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net. | | 2. | a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects: a tennis net; a mosquito net. | | 3. | anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber. | | 4. | a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces. | | 5. | (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net. | | 6. | Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse. | | 7. | any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like. | | 8. | any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment. | | 9. | the Net, the Internet. | | 10. | Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space. | | 11. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum. | | 12. | Informal. a radio or television network. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting: netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes. | | 14. | to take with a net: to net fish. | | 15. | to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as for catching fish. | | 16. | to catch or ensnare: to net a dangerous criminal. | | 17. | (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net. | |
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Detective Definition–noun | 1. | a member of the police force or a private investigator whose function is to obtain information and evidence, as of offenses against the law. | –adjective | 2. | of or pertaining to d
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