mesh
mesh Lexical Profile
mesh Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Material made of a network of wire, thread, or plastic.
"The screen door was fitted with a fine metal mesh to keep insects out of the house."
The spacing or open spaces between the threads or wires of a net.
"Only the smallest fish could slip through the wide mesh of the commercial fishing net."
A complex or interconnecting structure or system, often one that is difficult to escape.
"The characters in the documentary found themselves caught in a complicated mesh of legal bureaucracy."
• verb
To fit together harmoniously or work effectively as a coordinated group.
"Our distinct personalities mesh well, making it easy to collaborate on challenging tasks."
To interlock or engage with one another (especially of the teeth of gears).
"The engine stalled temporarily because the gears failed to mesh properly."
To catch or entangle something in a net.
"Marine biologists warned that local dolphins could easily be meshed in the unregulated drift nets."
• Rhymes for mesh
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'mesche', probably from Old English 'mæscre' or Middle Dutch 'maesche', referring originally to the open space or hole in a net.
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