# netting

Pronunciation: US say "NET-ing" /ˈnɛtɪŋ/; UK

## Noun

1. A mesh-like material of woven or knotted threads with open spaces, working like or resembling a net.
   - Simple: Mesh material full of small holes, used like a net to cover, hold, or protect things.
   - _Fine netting draped over the crib kept the mosquitoes off the sleeping baby._
   - _The construction site was wrapped in bright orange netting to warn passersby._

## Verb

2. Present participle of net. — present participle and gerund of net
   - Simple: Present participle of net. Use this form for the action as it is happening now.
   - _The trawler was netting herring far out in the North Sea._
   - _Volunteers are netting and tagging migratory birds for the study._

## Noun

3. Urine; the fluid waste produced by the kidneys and passed from the body. *(obsolete, UK)*
   - Simple: Pee: the liquid waste that the body passes out.

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Formed from net combined with the suffix -ing.
**Meaning 3** — From Middle English netting ("urine"), of unclear further origin. It was perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German nattinge ("wetness"), or derived from Middle Low German nette ("wetness, urine") and netten ("to wet, urinate"), from Old Saxon *nettian, from Proto-West Germanic *nattjan; alternatively perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *nettan ("to wet"), from the same Proto-West Germanic *nattjan, related to Dutch netten and German nässen ("to wet").
**Meaning 2** — Formed from net combined with the suffix -ing.

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