"cast net" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cast nets [plural]
Etymology: cast + net Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cast|net}} cast + net Head templates: {{en-noun}} cast net (plural cast nets)
  1. a (usually weighted) fishing net that is thrown and then pulled back via an attached line Categories (topical): Fishing Translations (a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish): ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شَبَكَة (šabaka) (Arabic), 投网 (tóu wǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), werpnet [neuter] (Dutch), heittoverkko (Finnish), filet coulé [feminine] (French), épervier [feminine] (French), Wurfnetz [neuter] (German), Fangnetz [neuter] (German), kivett háló [singular] (Hungarian), gettare la rete (Italian), 投網 (toami) (Japanese), キャストネット (kyasutonetto) (Japanese), បោះសំណាញ់ (baoh saamnanh) (Khmer), куюлган тор (kuyulgan tor) (Kyrgyz), rētiāculum [neuter] (Latin), støpt nett [neuter] (Norwegian), tarrafa [feminine] (Portuguese), esparavel [masculine] (Portuguese), shabag tuur (Somali), atarraya [feminine] (Spanish), esparavel [masculine] (Spanish), tupa wavu (Swahili), naghulog ng lambat (Tagalog), แห (hɛ̌ɛ) (Thai), serpme (Turkish), guýma tor (Turkmen), quyma toʻr (Uzbek), lưới đúc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cast_net-en-noun-l6kBajdM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
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      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "gettare la rete"
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      "word": "បោះសំណាញ់"
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      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "куюлган тор"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
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      "word": "rētiāculum"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "støpt nett"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tarrafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "esparavel"
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      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "shabag tuur"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "atarraya"
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    {
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      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
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      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "tupa wavu"
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "naghulog ng lambat"
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      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hɛ̌ɛ",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "แห"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "serpme"
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      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "guýma tor"
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      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "quyma toʻr"
    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish",
      "word": "lưới đúc"
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