I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ fine , fine-mesh
▪ safety
▪ fishing
▪ drift
▪ mosquito
▪ butterfly
VERB + NET
▪ mend
▪
The fishermen were mending their ~s.
▪ cast , spread , spread out
▪ haul in
▪ slip through ( often figurative )
▪
We tried to contact all former students but one or two slipped through the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Unfortunately the animals are often caught in fishing ~s.
▪ into a/the ~
▪
The ball went into the ~.
▪ over the ~
▪
to hit the ball over the ~
II.
verb
Net is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ penalty
III.
adj.
Net is used with these nouns: ↑ asset , ↑ balance , ↑ change , ↑ contributor , ↑ cost , ↑ curtain , ↑ debt , ↑ deficit , ↑ dividend , ↑ earnings , ↑ effect , ↑ expenditure , ↑ export , ↑ exporter , ↑ gain , ↑ import , ↑ income , ↑ increase , ↑ investment , ↑ loss , ↑ margin , ↑ output , ↑ proceeds , ↑ profit , ↑ receipt , ↑ reduction , ↑ result , ↑ return , ↑ revenue , ↑ salary , ↑ sale , ↑ saving , ↑ sum , ↑ takings , ↑ transfer , ↑ turnover , ↑ wealth , ↑ weight , ↑ worth