net vs wall knot

net

noun
  • A mesh of string, cord or rope. 

  • 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 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To hit the ball into the net. 

adv
  • After expenses or deductions. 

adj
  • Final; end. 

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

  • Remaining after expenses or deductions. 

wall knot

noun
  • A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first. 

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