dragnet
English
noun
Definitions
- (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
- (law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
Etymology
Compound from English drag (pull along a surface) + English net (network, openwork fabric mesh, neat, elegant)derived from Middle English draynet derived from Old English dræġnet com from English dray (a low horse-drawn cart) + English net (network, openwork fabric mesh, neat, elegant).
Origin
English
net
Gloss
network, openwork fabric mesh, neat, elegant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ethernet English
- Freenet English
- WordNet English
- antidrag English
- bednet English
- benet English
- bodynet English
- botnet English
- cast net English
- cheapernet English
- darknet English
- denet English
- drag English
- drag artist English
- drag-chain English
- dragbar English
- dragbox English
- dragfooted English
- draggability English
- draggable English
- dragger English
- draggest English
- draggeth English
- draggle English
- draggy English
- draghound English
- dragless English
- draglift English
- dragline English
- draglink English
- dragman English
- dragsman English
- dragster English
- dragstrip English
- drawnet English
- dray English
- drayage English
- drayman English
- dropnet English
- extranet English
- fishnet English
- flynet English
- geonet English
- gillnet English
- hairnet English
- honeynet English
- hypernet English
- innernet English
- intranet English
- keepnet English
- matternet English
- mesonet English
- microdrag English
- multinet English
- nanonet English
- net English
- net-like English
- netaholic English
- netback English
- netbag English
- netball English
- netbank English
- netblock English
- netboot English
- netburp English
- netcam English
- netcast English
- netcentric English
- netcode English
- netcop English
- netdead English
- netfic English
- netful English
- netgame English
- netgamer English
- netgoth English
- nethead English
- netkeeper English
- netlabel English
- netlag English
- netless English
- netlike English
- netlinguistics English
- netlist English
- netload English
- netlore English
- netmail English
- netmaker English
- netmaking English
- netmask English
- netminder English
- netminding English
- netnews English
- netphone English
- netplay English
- netsex English
- netslang English
- netspace English
- netspeak English
- netsplit English
- netster English
- netsurf English
- netsurfer English
- netsurfing English
- nettable English
- netter English
- netting English
- netty English
- netwar English
- netwide English
- netwise English
- network English
- netzine English
- newsnet English
- outdrag English
- overnet English
- piconet English
- redrag English
- sneakernet English
- stakenet English
- subnet English
- supernet English
- supranet English
- thicknet English
- thinnet English
- townet English
- trawlnet English
- underdrag English
- undernet English
- updrag English
- wordnet English
- netti Finnish
- драга Russian
- net Portuguese
- ドラァグ Japanese
- ドラグネット Japanese
- ネット Japanese
- ネットサーフィン Japanese
- dræġnet Old English
- draggen Middle English
- draye Middle English
- draynet Middle English
- nett Middle English
- net
- dray
- drag
- benet
- netty
- denet
- botnet
- draggy
- netful
- redrag
- subnet
- netcam
- netsex
- townet
- geonet
- bednet
- netlag
- updrag
- netfic
- netbag
- netter
- netcop
- flynet
- netwar
- draggle
- netmask
- netnews
- Freenet
- netlike
- netgoth
- hairnet
- fishnet
- outdrag
- nanonet
- netball
- dragbar
- thinnet
- netcast
- netsurf
- netload
- netgame
- dragger
- network
- netback
- netdead
- drawnet
- keepnet
- netboot
- darknet
- netting
- drayman
- netburp
- netless
- overnet
- piconet
- wordnet
- drayage
- dragbox
- gillnet
- netmail
- netster
- dragman
- netwide
- WordNet
- netplay
- bodynet
- mesonet
- netlore
- netbank
- nethead
- netlist
- dropnet
- netzine
- netcode
- newsnet
- netwise
- innernet
- draglink
- netmaker
- draglift
- draggeth
- net-like
- Ethernet
- thicknet
- multinet
- supranet
- dragster
- netspeak
- hypernet
- stakenet
- netlabel
- extranet
- netphone
- netspace
- antidrag
- supernet
- intranet
- trawlnet
- dragless
- dragline
- netblock
- netslang
- nettable
- undernet
- netgamer
- cast net
- honeynet
- netsplit
- dragsman
- draggest
- draghound
- netsurfer
- netmaking
- dragstrip
- matternet
- underdrag
- draggable
- netkeeper
- microdrag
- netaholic
- netminder
- dragfooted
- netcentric
- netminding
- cheapernet
- netsurfing
- sneakernet
- drag-chain
- drag artist
- draggability
- netlinguistics