netted

Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.

   Synonyms:

   catch

2. (figuratively, transitive) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
   • And now I am here, netted and in the toils.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

   Synonyms:

   catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

3. To enclose or cover with a net.
   • Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
4. (transitive) To score (a goal).
   • Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
5. To hit the ball into the net.
   • Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport
6. To form a netting or network; to knit.
   • I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

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