Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dragnet
Participle: dragnetted
Gerund: dragnetting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dragnet |
| you | dragnet |
| he;she;it | dragnets |
| we | dragnet |
| you | dragnet |
| they | dragnet |
Perfect
| I | have dragnetted |
| you | have dragnetted |
| he;she;it | has dragnetted |
| we | have dragnetted |
| you | have dragnetted |
| they | have dragnetted |
Past
| I | dragnetted |
| you | dragnetted |
| he;she;it | dragnetted |
| we | dragnetted |
| you | dragnetted |
| they | dragnetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dragnetted |
| you | had dragnetted |
| he;she;it | had dragnetted |
| we | had dragnetted |
| you | had dragnetted |
| they | had dragnetted |
Future
| I | will dragnet |
| you | will dragnet |
| he;she;it | will dragnet |
| we | will dragnet |
| you | will dragnet |
| they | will dragnet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dragnetted |
| you | will have dragnetted |
| he;she;it | will have dragnetted |
| we | will have dragnetted |
| you | will have dragnetted |
| they | will have dragnetted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dragnet |
| you | dragnet |
| he;she;it | dragnet |
| we | dragnet |
| you | dragnet |
| they | dragnet |
Perfect
| I | have dragnetted |
| you | have dragnetted |
| he;she;it | have dragnetted |
| we | have dragnetted |
| you | have dragnetted |
| they | have dragnetted |
Imperfect
| I | dragnetted |
| you | dragnetted |
| he;she;it | dragnetted |
| we | dragnetted |
| you | dragnetted |
| they | dragnetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dragnetted |
| you | had dragnetted |
| he;she;it | had dragnetted |
| we | had dragnetted |
| you | had dragnetted |
| they | had dragnetted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dragnet |
| you | would dragnet |
| he;she;it | would dragnet |
| we | would dragnet |
| you | would dragnet |
| they | would dragnet |
Perfect
| I | would have dragnetted |
| you | would have dragnetted |
| he;she;it | would have dragnetted |
| we | would have dragnetted |
| you | would have dragnetted |
| they | would have dragnetted |
Imperative
| you | dragnet |
| we | Let's dragnet |
| you | dragnet |
Verbs conjugated like 'dragnet'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dragnet'
dragge,
drant,
arage,
bracket,
crane,
dagger,
dagnab,
dauner,
daunt,
deage,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.
Sample Sentences
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When ponds are cleaned out periodically, fish are trapped or dragnetted and finally the pond is drained to remove all fish. [2013, Brian Andrews, Ornamental Fish Farming:]
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In fact, Carty was not the man, but, after a police swoop had dragnetted twenty men suspected of having taken part in the business, he was lodged in Sligo jail and accused of this violence to the lady. [2010, Florence O'Donoghue, IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921, →ISBN, page 164:]
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A May Day anti-capitalist protest last year in Seattle saw clashes between police and protesters, and the FBI had been dragnetting potential anarchists. [2013 September 19, Audrey Black, “Targeting Oppression”, in Eugene Weekly:]