How do you use the word "net" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "net": I cast my net into the sea. I captured butterflies with a net.

Net Meaning

/nɛt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA mesh of string, cord or rope.

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

Sentence Examples

I cast my net into the sea.

I captured butterflies with a net.

The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

last clear internet

Antonyms:

gross proximate

CEFR Practice Quiz

Using a large trap, the fisherman hopes to ____ many fish in the river today.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The fisherman used a large ____ to catch a wide variety of fish in the bay.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed." — 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 190:

"A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxix:5:

"Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point." — 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:

"And now I am here, netted and in the toils." — 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

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