Meanings (ES + gloss)
red
A mesh of string, cord or rope.
a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
red
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.…
red
A trap.
A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
Phrases
Apollonian netBrussels netEthernetFreenetNetBSDNetlishPetri netWulff netall is fish that comes to the netall's fish that comes to the netback of the netballoon netbeard netbednetbobbinetbodynetbotnetbow netbramble netbutterfly netcamouflage netcargo netcast netcast one's net far and widecast one's net widecast one's net widercasting netcasting-netcheapernetclap netcricket netdarknetday-netdilly netdip netdoubles netdrag-netdragnetdraught netdrawnet
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