ALL meanings of netlike
net
N n - noun netlike 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. 1
- noun netlike 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. 1
- noun netlike anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber. 1
- noun netlike a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces. 1
- noun netlike (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net. 1
- noun netlike Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse. 1
- noun netlike any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like. 1
- noun netlike any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment. 1
- noun netlike the Net, the Internet. 1
- noun netlike Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space. 1
- noun netlike (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum. 1
- noun netlike Informal. a radio or television network. 1
- verb with object netlike to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting: netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes. 1
- verb with object netlike to take with a net: to net fish. 1
- verb with object netlike to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as for catching fish. 1
- verb with object netlike to catch or ensnare: to net a dangerous criminal. 1
- verb with object netlike (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net. 1
- noun netlike Having openings like a web. 1
- adjective netlike resembling a net 0