netted

Everyday

1. Caught with a net. tree →
2. (sport) Scored, especially a goal in football or hockey. tree →
3. (money) Earned or gained as profit after costs, as in "netted £500". tree →
4. (adjective) Covered with a net or a pattern like a net. tree →

In the lessons

Used in nature (fishermen netted fish), sport reports ("Smith netted twice"), money and maths (net profit = money left after costs) and gardening (netted fruit bushes to keep birds off).

Examples

• The fishermen netted hundreds of fish. tree →
• She netted the winning goal in the last minute. tree →
• Our cake sale netted £85 for charity. tree →
• We netted a butterfly and then let it go. tree →
• The strawberries were netted to stop the birds eating them. tree →
• He netted a hat-trick on Saturday. tree →
• The pond was netted to keep the leaves out. tree →
• Birds sang in the trees, which were netted over to keep them always there. tree →

Note

Spelling: double t before -ed and -ing (net, netted, netting). In maths and money, "net" amount = what is left after taking away costs; "gross" = before. So if a sale took £100 and cost £15, it netted £85.