Fishermen's gear (4 letters)

{ Answer }

NETS

{ Related Clues }

Acquires
Brings in
Catches
Clears
Pulls in
Realizes
Seines
Snoods
Toils
Yields
Brings home
Clearwing catchers
Court couple?
Court dividers
Courts' needs
Grouper grabbers
Hair and fish
Jersey cagers
Knicks' rivals
Lepidopterists' gear
Meshed fabrics
Mosquito guards
An N.B.A. team
N.B.A. team
N.J. five
N.Y. team
Takes home
Tennis and hair
Trawler gear
Trawlers' trailers
Veil fabrics
Butterfly catchers' needs
Cross-court items?
N. Y. five
New Jersey five
New Jersey hoopsters
The pucks stop here
Takes home, as pay

{ Tags }

brings, butterfly, clears, court, dividers, equipment, five, gear, home, hoopsters, jersey, knicks, nba, nets, new, nj, rivals, seines, takes, team, trawlers

{ Notes }

The answer NETS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

NET as a noun:

1. (internet, net, cyberspace) = a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

2. a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects

3. (net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings) = the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

4. a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)

5. game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton

6. (net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork) = an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

NET as a verb:

1. (net, sack, sack up, clear) = make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

2. (net, clear) = yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

3. (web, net) = construct or form a web, as if by weaving

4. (net, nett) = catch with a net; "net a fish"