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• Dragnet (series) — Dragnet Dragnet opening frame from the 1950s version Format Crime drama Created by Jack Webb …   Wikipedia

• dragnet — [drag′net΄] n. 1. a net dragged along the bottom of a river, lake, etc. for catching fish 2. a net for catching small game ☆ 3. an organized system or network for gathering in or catching criminals or others wanted by the authorities …   English World dictionary

• dragnet — noun Date: circa 1541 1. a. a net drawn along the bottom of a body of water b. a net used on the ground (as to capture small game) 2. a network of measures for apprehension (as of criminals) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dragnet — /drag net /, n. 1. a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc. 2. a system or network for finding or catching someone, as a criminal wanted by the police. [1535 45; ME; see DRAG …   Universalium

• dragnet — n. net which is dragged in fishing or hunting, trawl for trapping fish or small game; method by which someone or something is found or caught …   English contemporary dictionary

• dragnet — drag•net [[t]ˈdrægˌnɛt[/t]] n. 1) a net to be drawn along the bottom of a stream to catch fish, or along the ground for small game 2) an interlinked system for finding or catching someone • Etymology: 1535–45 …   From formal English to slang

• Fresh-water oyster — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mertensia maritima — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ostrea edulis — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ostrea Virginiana — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oyster — Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English