nöt — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dragnet noun A large net dragged along a riverbed or seabed to catch fish or find objects.
- nincompoop noun A silly, foolish person.
- note noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
- nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
- seine noun A long fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, held up by floats at the top and weighted at the bottom.
Senses
nöt is used for these senses in English:
- dragnet (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
- nincompoop (derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]
- note A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- note A short informal letter; a billet.
- nut (food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
- seine A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
dragnet — full definition
- noun A large net dragged along a riverbed or seabed to catch fish or find objects.
- noun A coordinated, wide-scale search by police to catch a suspect.