netlike

noun

1. a fabric made from string, cord, etc., loosely knotted or woven in an openwork pattern and used to trap or snare birds, fish, etc.
2. anything that catches or entraps; trap; snare
3. any of various devices made of meshed fabric, used to hold, protect, or mark off something: a hairnet, tennis net
4. a fine, meshed, lacelike cloth, used to make curtains, trim garments, etc.
5. network ( & )
6. Volleyball, Tennis, etc. a ball or shuttlecock that hits the net, whether or not it goes over
   in full net ball
7. Comput., Informal Internet: with the

transitive verb netted, netting

1. to make into net or a net
2. to make with net
3. to trap or snare with or as with a net
4. to protect, shelter, or enclose with or as with a net
5. Volleyball, Tennis, etc. to hit (the ball or shuttlecock) into the net

intransitive verb