Mesh Definition
mĕsh
meshed, meshes, meshing
noun
meshes
Any of the open spaces of a net, screen, sieve, etc.: a 50-mesh screen is one with 50 such open spaces per linear inch.
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The threads, cords, etc. forming these openings.
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A net or network.
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A netlike, woven material, as that used for stockings.
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Anything that entangles, snares, or entraps.
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Synonyms:
- trellis-work
- skein
- tangle
- snarl
- web
- morass
- maze
- labyrinth
- knot
- jungle
- entanglement
- Often used in plural: cat's cradle
- interlocking
- meshing
- engagement
verb
meshed, meshing
To entangle.
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To catch in or as if in a net; ensnare.
American Heritage
To cause (gear teeth) to become engaged.
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To engage.
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To become entangled.
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Antonyms:
- unmesh
- disconnect
- untangle
idiom
in mesh
- in gear; interlocked
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mesh
- in mesh
Origin of Mesh
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Middle English mesche, from Old English masc (“net") (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre (“mesh, spot")) both from Proto-Germanic *maskrÇ, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, twist, plait"). Akin to Old High German māsca (“mesh"), Old Saxon maska (“net"), Old Norse mÇ«skvi, mÇ«skun (“mesh").
From Wiktionary
Middle English mesch probably from Middle Dutch maesche
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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