--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A nemesis is the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment, something they deserve for bad deeds.[↗](../../nemesis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A nemesis can also be a lasting rival who always defeats you.[↗](../../nemesis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the tale, Nemesis punishes the proud king.[↗](../../nemesis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His old rival became his nemesis.[↗](../../nemesis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **nenets** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Nenets are a people of the Arctic in northern Russia who traditionally herd reindeer.[↗](../../nenets/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nenets is also their language.[↗](../../nenets/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Nenets herd reindeer across the tundra.[↗](../../nenets/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nenets families live in tents called chums.[↗](../../nenets/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nenets travel hundreds of kilometres each year.[↗](../../nenets/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nenets children wear warm reindeer-skin coats.[↗](../../nenets/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nenets language is related to Finnish and Hungarian.[↗](../../nenets/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gas drilling has changed the Nenets' land.[↗](../../nenets/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **neo** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A prefix from Greek meaning "new", as in "Neo-Pythagoreans", a later school that revived the ideas of Pythagoras.[↗](../../neo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* to Boethius, the Neo-Pythagoreans used as a symbol for zero.[↗](../../neo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../neo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **neolithic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Belonging to the New Stone Age, the last part of the Stone Age, when people began farming, keeping animals, making pottery and polished stone tools, and living in villages; in Britain about 4000 to 2500 BC.[↗](../../neolithic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Neolithic people grew wheat and kept sheep.[↗](../../neolithic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Skara Brae is a Neolithic village in Orkney.[↗](../../neolithic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made Neolithic pots out of clay at school.[↗](../../neolithic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kipling calls Tegumai a Neolithic man.[↗](../../neolithic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Neolithic tools were polished stone axes.[↗](../../neolithic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The first stage of Stonehenge was built in Neolithic times.[↗](../../neolithic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Real writing came after the Neolithic.[↗](../../neolithic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **neon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gas found in tiny amounts in the air; it has no colour or smell, but glows bright red-orange when electricity passes through it.[↗](../../neon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Neon lights: bright glowing tube lights used in signs.[↗](../../neon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Very bright, glowing colours, like neon pink or neon green.[↗](../../neon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Neon is a gas in the air we breathe.[↗](../../neon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The café had a red neon sign in the window.[↗](../../neon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore neon pink trainers.[↗](../../neon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Neon glows when electricity runs through it.[↗](../../neon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a neon vest when you cycle at dusk.[↗](../../neon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Neon is one of the noble gases.[↗](../../neon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The city was full of neon lights at night.[↗](../../neon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **neoteny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Keeping young or baby-like features after growing up, in animals or people.[↗](../../neoteny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The axolotl is a famous example of neoteny.[↗](../../neoteny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neoteny means an animal keeps baby features as an adult.[↗](../../neoteny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some scientists think puppy-like dogs show neoteny.[↗](../../neoteny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science teacher explained neoteny using salamanders.[↗](../../neoteny/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Humans show some neoteny compared with chimpanzees.[↗](../../neoteny/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Because of neoteny, the axolotl keeps its gills.[↗](../../neoteny/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Neoteny can make adult animals look cute.[↗](../../neoteny/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nepali** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya mountains between India and China.[↗](../../nepali/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person from Nepal (also «Nepalese»).[↗](../../nepali/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) From or about Nepal: «Nepali food».[↗](../../nepali/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend's family speaks Nepali at home.[↗](../../nepali/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nepali is written in the same script as Hindi.[↗](../../nepali/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate Nepali momos at the festival.[↗](../../nepali/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Nepalis live near the mountains.[↗](../../nepali/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nepali flag is not a rectangle; it has two triangles.[↗](../../nepali/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mount Everest is on the border of Nepal and China.[↗](../../nepali/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **nephew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your nephew is the son of your brother or sister.[↗](../../nephew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your nephew can also be the son of your husband's or wife's brother or sister.[↗](../../nephew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A grandson, or a male descendant; in old texts also a close younger male relative.[↗](../../nephew/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt has two nephews: me and my brother.[↗](../../nephew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Pat took his nephew fishing.[↗](../../nephew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My nephew is only three years old.[↗](../../nephew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought presents for all her nephews and nieces.[↗](../../nephew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you have 3 sisters and each has 2 sons, you have 6 nephews.[↗](../../nephew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum's sister's son is her nephew and my cousin.[↗](../../nephew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "My dear nephew," he said, "your story gives me some hope.[↗](../../nephew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "My dear nephew," he said, "your story gives me some hope.[↗](../../nephew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) · "Your dear little uncle, your very sweet nephew, you call me\![↗](../../nephew/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) · He was nephew to Arthur, the son of his sister, and his cousin.[↗](../../nephew/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Celtic Fairy Tales) **nerd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, slang) A person who is very interested and clever in one subject, such as computers, science or maths, and knows a lot about it.[↗](../../nerd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, can be unkind) A person thought of as boring or not cool because they study a lot or like unusual hobbies.[↗](../../nerd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, friendly) Used proudly about yourself: «I'm a book nerd».[↗](../../nerd/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam is a total science nerd and knows every planet's moons.[↗](../../nerd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a bit of a book nerd — I read every night.[↗](../../nerd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call him a nerd; it's unkind.[↗](../../nerd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She nerded out about dinosaurs for an hour.[↗](../../nerd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer nerds in the film saved the spaceship.[↗](../../nerd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That joke about prime numbers is so nerdy.[↗](../../nerd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Being a nerd just means you really care about something.[↗](../../nerd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nerve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One of the long thin fibres in the body that carry messages between the brain and other parts, so we can feel and move.[↗](../../nerve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (nerve, uncountable) Courage to do something difficult or scary: «It took nerve to jump».[↗](../../nerve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (nerves) Feeling worried or nervous: «exam nerves».[↗](../../nerve/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Rude boldness: «What a nerve!».[↗](../../nerve/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To ache in every nerve means to feel sore and tired all over your body.[↗](../../nerve/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nerves carry messages from your skin to your brain.[↗](../../nerve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist numbed the nerve in my tooth.[↗](../../nerve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It took a lot of nerve to sing on stage alone.[↗](../../nerve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She lost her nerve at the top of the diving board.[↗](../../nerve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I always get nerves before a test.[↗](../../nerve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother's noisy game gets on my nerves.[↗](../../nerve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had the nerve to take my seat\![↗](../../nerve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It must have lasted fully two hours, and Little Toomai ached in every nerve, but he knew by the smell of the night air that the dawn was coming.[↗](../../nerve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nerves** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nerves are thin fibres in your body that carry messages between your brain and other parts of your body, so you can feel and move.[↗](../../nerves/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nerves (informal) means the worried, nervous feeling you get before something important, like a test or a show.[↗](../../nerves/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Nerves can mean courage to stay calm in a hard moment, as in «nerves of steel».[↗](../../nerves/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nerves carry messages from your skin to your brain.[↗](../../nerves/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves.[↗](../../nerves/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I always get nerves before a test.[↗](../../nerves/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Deep breaths help calm your nerves.[↗](../../nerves/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His loud chewing gets on my nerves.[↗](../../nerves/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper had nerves of steel.[↗](../../nerves/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a bag of nerves before the concert.[↗](../../nerves/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When you touch something hot, your nerves send a signal very fast.[↗](../../nerves/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nervous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nervous means feeling worried or a little scared about something that is going to happen.[↗](../../nervous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A nervous person or animal is easily frightened or upset.[↗](../../nervous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The nervous system is the brain, spinal cord and nerves that carry messages around the body.[↗](../../nervous/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I feel nervous about my test tomorrow.[↗](../../nervous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new boy was nervous on his first day.[↗](../../nervous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Horses get nervous in thunderstorms.[↗](../../nervous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a nervous laugh.[↗](../../nervous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nervous system carries messages from the brain.[↗](../../nervous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's normal to feel nervous before a race.[↗](../../nervous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With a little trouble he found the tree the doctor had described, and, feeling nervous, he climbed up into it.[↗](../../nervous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nervously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a worried, slightly afraid way.[↗](../../nervously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She smiled nervously at her new class.[↗](../../nervously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He waited nervously outside the head's office.[↗](../../nervously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice nervously looked round for the White Rabbit.[↗](../../nervously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole nervously entered the Wild Wood.[↗](../../nervously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sniffed the dog nervously.[↗](../../nervously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He laughed nervously before the test.[↗](../../nervously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **nervousness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nervousness is the feeling of being worried, uneasy or a bit scared about something that is going to happen.[↗](../../nervousness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She felt some nervousness before her piano exam.[↗](../../nervousness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Deep breaths helped calm my nervousness.[↗](../../nervousness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He laughed to hide his nervousness.[↗](../../nervousness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nervousness gave me butterflies in my stomach.[↗](../../nervousness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone feels nervousness on the first day of school.[↗](../../nervousness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His nervousness made his hands shake.[↗](../../nervousness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Practice can reduce nervousness before a performance.[↗](../../nervousness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I could hear the nervousness in her voice.[↗](../../nervousness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nervy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, NZ) Nervous, jumpy and easily worried or frightened.[↗](../../nervy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, informal) Bold and cheeky, daring to do things others would not.[↗](../../nervy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I always feel a bit nervy before a test.[↗](../../nervy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](../../nervy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse was nervy and jumped at every noise.[↗](../../nervy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a nervy last five minutes, but we held on to win.[↗](../../nervy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nervy kitten hid under the sofa.[↗](../../nervy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a nervy thing to say to the principal\![↗](../../nervy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (US)[↗](../../nervy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a nervy laugh.[↗](../../nervy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was nervy on her first day at the new school.[↗](../../nervy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As a suffix, «-ness» is added to an adjective to make a noun that names a quality or state: kind → kindness, happy → happiness, dark → darkness.[↗](../../ness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a word, a ness is a headland, a piece of high land sticking out into the sea; it appears in place names like Dungeness, Sheerness and Loch Ness area names.[↗](../../ness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Loch Ness is a long deep lake in Scotland, famous for the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, «Nessie».[↗](../../ness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) Ness can also be a surname, such as Eliot Ness, an American lawman.[↗](../../ness/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Add -ness to «kind» to make «kindness».[↗](../../ness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Happiness is spelt with an i because the y changes.[↗](../../ness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The darkness made the forest feel scary.[↗](../../ness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dungeness is a ness on the coast of Kent.[↗](../../ness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.[↗](../../ness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody has ever proved that Nessie is real.[↗](../../ness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her gentleness made the shy puppy come closer.[↗](../../ness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Openness» keeps both n's: open + ness.[↗](../../ness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One of these soldiers was a no-ble-man, whom everybody loved for his gen-tle-ness and kindness.[↗](../../ness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **nest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nest is a home that birds build to lay their eggs and raise their young.[↗](../../nest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Other animals make nests too: wasps, ants, mice and squirrels.[↗](../../nest/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To nest means to build or live in a nest.[↗](../../nest/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Things that nest fit inside each other, like nesting dolls or bowls.[↗](../../nest/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A robin built a nest in our hedge.[↗](../../nest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are three blue eggs in the nest.[↗](../../nest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't poke a wasp nest; the wasps will sting you.[↗](../../nest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby birds left the nest when they could fly.[↗](../../nest/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels make nests called dreys high in the trees.[↗](../../nest/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We put up a nesting box in the garden.[↗](../../nest/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't disturb birds when they are nesting.[↗](../../nest/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The little bowls nest inside each other to save space.[↗](../../nest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "This is my nest," I said.[↗](../../nest/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nest/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy dwelling-place, and though thy nest be set in the rock; (Torah NUM.24.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nest/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Doth the vulture mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?[↗](../../nest/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nest/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.[↗](../../nest/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nest/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.[↗](../../nest/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nest/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **nestle** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A surname.[↗](../../nestle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Here it refers to the scholar Nestle, whose works are named in the footnotes.[↗](../../nestle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* ") See Nestle in Hasting's Bi/i/e Diclionnry, vol IV, p 542.[↗](../../nestle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../nestle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · '"Die Weltkugel besteht aus fuenf Koerpern: dies sind innerhalb der Kugel Feuer, Wasser, Erde, Luft und ausserdem fuenftens das Gehaeuse der Kugel selbst."[↗](../../nestle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Nestle, Die For- sokratiker.[↗](../../nestle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../nestle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **nestled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To nestle is to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child nestled closer to the old man.[↗](../../nestled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chick nestled under its mother's wing.[↗](../../nestled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The child nestled closer to the fire.[↗](../../nestled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · O inhabitant of Lebanon, that art nestled in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail\![↗](../../nestled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.22.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nestled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nestling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A baby bird too young to leave the nest.[↗](../../nestling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Settling snugly and comfortably, as in "nestling under a blanket".[↗](../../nestling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) Lying in a sheltered place, as in "a village nestling in the valley".[↗](../../nestling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nestlings opened their beaks wide for food.[↗](../../nestling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A nestling has few feathers and cannot fly.[↗](../../nestling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The village lay nestling in the green valley.[↗](../../nestling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy was nestling against its mother.[↗](../../nestling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the robin feed its nestlings.[↗](../../nestling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cottage stood nestling under tall trees.[↗](../../nestling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you find a nestling on the ground, ask an adult or a wildlife centre for help.[↗](../../nestling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When the man awoke in the morning he was much surprised to find the boy nestling up close to him.[↗](../../nestling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **net** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A material made of string, thread or wire tied together with holes in between, or a thing made of it, like a fishing net, a butterfly net or a goal net.[↗](../../net/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The net (or the Net) is short for the internet.[↗](../../net/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths, a net is a flat shape that can be folded to make a 3D shape.[↗](../../net/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As an adjective, net means what is left after taking things away, like net weight (without the packaging).[↗](../../net/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* As a verb, to net is to catch in a net, or to score a goal.[↗](../../net/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used a net to catch tadpoles in the pond.[↗](../../net/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the net of a cube: six squares joined together.[↗](../../net/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball hit the back of the net.[↗](../../net/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tennis ball hit the net and bounced back.[↗](../../net/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a net for a triangular prism.[↗](../../net/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The net weight of the cereal is 500 g.[↗](../../net/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishermen pulled in their nets full of fish.[↗](../../net/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She netted two goals in the match.[↗](../../net/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · SOME FISHERMEN were out trawling their nets.[↗](../../net/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.[↗](../../net/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../net/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.[↗](../../net/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../net/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape.[↗](../../net/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.141.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../net/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.[↗](../../net/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.29.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../net/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird; (Writings PRO.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../net/#x14 "tree and 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