Noun : a butterfly net. ,a tennis net; a mosquito net. ,a police net to trap the bank robber. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes. ,to net fish. ,to net a dangerous criminal. From Dictionary.com.
He pointed to a large table next to the semi-transparent netlike projection screen. From Wordnik.com. [Enemy in the Dark]
Could he narrow the focus, somehow use the netlike effect to redirect the heat into a narrower line?. From Wordnik.com. [Fall of Angels]
Several netlike lengths of rope hung on the airship's dull-colored gasbag, just like rigging on a ship. From Wordnik.com. [Crystal Rain] Reference
He opened his eyes to see that Malleal had grown over the two Misfits, had enclosed them in a netlike prison cell. From Wordnik.com. [The Welkening] Reference
She pulled off her jeans and sweater Lillick stared at the huge breasts defined by the netlike cloth of her bra, nipples dark circles. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
After a certain age, netlike structures of proteins and sugars in the amygdala — the region of the brain responsible for making and altering memories — make recollections of fear erasure-resistant. From Wordnik.com. [Possible Asthma Risk: Belt Size] Reference
There were two sorts, refined, adjustable strap racks, with beddings of flat, soft, criss-crossed straps, with sturdy stud-and-eyelet securing straps, and simple net racks, little more than sturdy wooden frames within which was slung a netlike webbing of rope. From Wordnik.com. [Cinnamon Roll] Reference
Structurally Pickwick is a mess and Nicholas Nickleby is not much better, but Dickens "was always striving in his work to include more and more, to make each novel bigger and broader and also more particular, and to make the links between all things less linear and more netlike.". From Wordnik.com. [Dickens Our Contemporary] Reference
She paused, reviewing it in her mind, but did netlike to lay more stress upon it. From Wordnik.com. [A Life's Morning] Reference
This netlike device is far enough past the gatehouse that if someone tried to force his way through, the guard could still pull it up in time to stop him. From Wordnik.com. [CSO] Reference
Basket stinkhorn (Dictyophora Indusiata), a tropical stinkhorn fungus with a lacy, netlike veil (indusium) that hangs down from the cap (head). ". From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter] Reference
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