netted

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of net.

   The trawler netted several tons of fish before the storm rolled in.

   Her small business netted a modest profit in its first year.

   Note

   Its range follows the verb it comes from: fish are netted, a suspect is netted by a clever trap, a striker has netted a goal. The same form can mark success or a miss. Netting a goal means scoring, but netting the ball can simply mean hitting it into the net. One spelling serves every use: they netted it, it was netted, she has netted twice.

2. 2
   adjective

   Arranged or marked in a pattern of crossing lines, resembling a grid or network.

   Like the lattice of a window screen, where thin strands cross to form a regular mesh.

   Botanists point to the leaf's netted venation as a key identifying feature.

   The snake's netted scale pattern helped it blend into the dry grass.

   Similarreticulated

   Oppositeparallel

   Note

   An adjective that has hardened out of the past-tense verb: a netted surface looks as if a net had been laid over it. Reticulated names the same pattern of crossing lines in a more technical register, while netted is the plainer English choice. As a true adjective it compares with more and most: a more netted pattern, the most netted shell.

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