net
 網; 淨的


 net
 網 網路 淨


 net
      adj 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]
      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,
            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]
      v 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]


 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.