Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to net
Participle: netted
Gerund: netting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | net |
| you | net |
| he;she;it | nets |
| we | net |
| you | net |
| they | net |
Perfect
| I | have netted |
| you | have netted |
| he;she;it | has netted |
| we | have netted |
| you | have netted |
| they | have netted |
Past
| I | netted |
| you | netted |
| he;she;it | netted |
| we | netted |
| you | netted |
| they | netted |
Pluperfect
| I | had netted |
| you | had netted |
| he;she;it | had netted |
| we | had netted |
| you | had netted |
| they | had netted |
Future
| I | will net |
| you | will net |
| he;she;it | will net |
| we | will net |
| you | will net |
| they | will net |
Future Perfect
| I | will have netted |
| you | will have netted |
| he;she;it | will have netted |
| we | will have netted |
| you | will have netted |
| they | will have netted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | net |
| you | net |
| he;she;it | net |
| we | net |
| you | net |
| they | net |
Perfect
| I | have netted |
| you | have netted |
| he;she;it | have netted |
| we | have netted |
| you | have netted |
| they | have netted |
Imperfect
| I | netted |
| you | netted |
| he;she;it | netted |
| we | netted |
| you | netted |
| they | netted |
Pluperfect
| I | had netted |
| you | had netted |
| he;she;it | had netted |
| we | had netted |
| you | had netted |
| they | had netted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would net |
| you | would net |
| he;she;it | would net |
| we | would net |
| you | would net |
| they | would net |
Perfect
| I | would have netted |
| you | would have netted |
| he;she;it | would have netted |
| we | would have netted |
| you | would have netted |
| they | would have netted |
Imperative
| you | net |
| we | Let's net |
| you | net |
Verbs conjugated like 'net'
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 'net'
bet,
fet,
get,
jet,
let,
neg,
nest,
new,
nit,
nut,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
net "mesh," from P.Gmc.
*natjan (cf. O.N., Du.
net, Swed.
nät, O.H.G.
nezzi, Ger.
Netz, Goth.
nati "net"), originally "something knotted," from PIE
*ned- "to twist, knot" (cf. Skt.
nahyati "binds, ties," L.
nodus "knot").
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *natją
4. Proto-West Germanic *nati
5. Old English nett
6. Middle English net
7. English net
8. 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”).
9. Cognates
10. 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”).
Verbs referencing "net"
Latin
necto, Old Irish
nascaid.
Sample Sentences
-
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:]
-
Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
-
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
-
That name the under-lying dead,
-
Thy fibres net the dreamless head,
-
Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto II”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]
-
Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
-
Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross. [2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves:]
-
Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand. [2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:]
-
I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse. [1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:]