cricket vs net

cricket

verb
  • To play the game of cricket. 

noun
  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection. 

  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. 

  • A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts). 

  • An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore. 

  • A wooden footstool. 

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. 

  • A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. 

  • An act that is fair and sportsmanlike. 

  • In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. 

net

verb
  • To hit the ball into the net. 

  • To form a netting or network; to knit. 

  • To yield as profit for. 

  • To enclose or cover with a net. 

  • To score (a goal). 

  • To catch in a trap, or by stratagem. 

  • To catch by means of a net. 

  • To receive as profit. 

  • To fully hedge a position. 

adj
  • Final; end. 

  • Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat. 

  • Remaining after expenses or deductions. 

adv
  • After expenses or deductions. 

noun
  • A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals. 

  • The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit. 

  • Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron. 

  • A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something. 

  • Anything that has the appearance of such a device. 

  • The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court). 

  • A mesh of string, cord or rope. 

  • A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. 

  • A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc. 

  • A trap. 

  • A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. 

  • A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc. 

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