نتش1 نَتَشَ, (S, A, K,) aor. ـِ inf. n. نَتْشٌ, (A, K,) He extracted; or drew, or pulled, out, or forth; (S, A, K;) a thing, (S,) or a thorn, (A, K,) and the like, (K,) and hair, (TA,) with the مِنْتَاش: (S, A, K, TA:) he plucked out hair or the like. (IDrd, K.) b2:  He plucked, or pulled, flesh, and the like, by pinching it with his fingers, (Lth, K,) and by taking hold upon it with his teeth. (Lth, TA.) b3:  نَتَشَ الجَرَادُ الأَرْضَ, aor.  and inf. n. as above, The locusts ate the herbage of the earth. (TA.) b4: مَا نَتَشْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ شَيْئًا I did not obtain, (S,) or take, (A,) from such a one anything. (S, A.) b5:  هُوَيَنْتِشُ لِعِيَالِهِ, (Lh, TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (tropical:)  He gains, or earns, or seeks sustenance, for his family, or house-hold. (Lh, K, * TA.) b6:  هُوَ يَنْتِشُ مِنْ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ (assumed tropical:) He takes [or acquires] of every science. (A, * TA.) مَا أَحَذَ إِلَّا نَتْشًا He took not save a little. (TA.) مِنْتَاشٌ [A kind of tweezers;] an instrument with which one extracts, or draws or pulls out or forth, (S, A, K,) a thing (S,) or a thorn, (A, K,) and the like, (K,) and hair; (TA;) i. q. مِنْقَاشٌ. (S, K.)