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overnet

overnet verb: to cover with a net or netting.

Verb

overnet (third-person singular simple present overnets, present participle overnetting, simple past and past participle overnetted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a net or netting.
    • Just beyond, creosote posts were overnetted with chicken wire, on which church ladies in summer spread tablecloths and set out food.2011, Mark Childress, A World Made of Fire, page 45
  2. To fish too much using nets.

Forms of overnet

third-person singular presentovernets
present participleovernetting
past participleovernetted
pastovernetted

Origin of overnet

From over- + net.

Questions about overnet

What does overnet mean?
Overnet means to cover with a net or netting.
What part of speech is overnet?
Overnet is a verb.
What is the past tense of overnet?
The past tense of overnet is overnetted.

Words near overnet in the dictionary

  1. overners
  2. overnervous
  3. overnervously
  4. overnervousness
  5. overness
  6. overnet
  7. overnets
  8. overnetted
  9. overnetting
  10. overneutralization
  11. overneutralize

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