overnet

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verb

To cover with a net or netting.

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Meanings

verbovernet (third-person singular simple present overnets, present participle overnetting, simple past and past participle overnetted)

present singular third person overnets · participle present overnetting · participle past overnetted · past overnetted

  1. transitiveTo cover with a net or netting.

    Just beyond, creosote posts were overnetted with chicken wire, on which church ladies in summer spread tablecloths and set out food.

    2011, Mark Childress, A World Made of Fire, page 45
  2. To fish too much using nets.

Origin

From over- + net.

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APA

overnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnet

MLA

“overnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overnet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnet.

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