I. mesh 1 /meʃ/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from early Dutch maesche ]
1 . [uncountable and countable] material made from threads or wires that have been woven together like a net, or a piece of this material:
The windows were covered in wire mesh to keep out flies.
a mesh fence
2 . [countable usually singular] literary a complicated or difficult situation or system
mesh of
She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame.
II. mesh 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
1 . if two ideas or things mesh, they fit together very well
mesh with
His own ideas did not mesh with the views of the party.
2 . if two parts of an engine or machine mesh, they fit closely together and connect with each other