I. ˈmesh noun
( -es )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch maesche, masche, from Middle Dutch maessce; akin to Old English masc, max, mǣscre mesh, Old Saxon & Old High German masca, Old Norse möskvi mesh, Lithuanian mazgas knot, megsti to weave nets, knot
1. : one of the openings between the threads or cords of a net ; also : one of the similar spaces in any network
the meshes of a sieve
lock joint holds each mesh in true alignment — American Fence Catalog
steel mesh used for reinforcing concrete — Dict. of Occupations
— often used to designate a size of screen or of the material passed by a screen in terms of the number of such openings per linear inch
the mesh of the bolting wire — Correspondence Course in Flour Milling
a 60- mesh screen
30- mesh granulated zinc
2.
a. : the cords, threads, or wires that produce the open spaces in a net or screen : the fabric of a net
built a ramp out of wire mesh — W.B.Huie
— often used in plural
a net with almost invisible meshes
b. : a woven, knit, or knotted fabric that has an open texture with evenly spaced small holes
mesh hose
a mesh handbag
specifically : the net background fabric of many laces
c. : an arrangement of interlocking metal links used especially for jewelry
mesh bracelet
d. : a flexible netting of fine wire used in surgery especially in the repair of large hernias and other body defects
3.
a. : an interlocking or intertwining arrangement or construction : network , web
a mesh of narrow streets — John Buchan
the mesh of irrigation canals — American Guide Series: Oregon
b. : something that catches and holds or involves : toils , snare — usually used in plural
took to panhandling, got detained in the meshes of the big city — Dixon Wecter
diplomacy caught in its own meshes
c. : an intricate or inscrutable system or combination
fixed in the mesh of the divine purpose — V.L.Parrington
book is a gigantic dense mesh of complicated relations — Edmund Wilson
a mesh of circumstance
4. : working contact (as of the teeth of gear wheels or of a slide fastener) — used especially in the phrases in mesh and out of mesh
5. : a closed figure produced by joining electrical components in series
mesh connection
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
transitive verb
1.
a. : to catch in a mesh : net
nets … of such a mesh size that the fish are meshed — Australian Fisheries
b. : enmesh , entangle
the unseen anchor meshed in rock or bar — Spencer Brown
become meshed in thought
2.
a. : to provide with a mesh
b. : to cause to resemble network
the city was meshed in haze — New Yorker
trees meshed with sunlight
3.
a. : to come into or be in working contact with especially by the fitting together of teeth : engage
b. : to cause to come into working contact especially by the fitting together of teeth
noiselessly he meshed the gears — C.B.Kelland
c. : to coordinate closely (as in a satisfactory working arrangement) : interlock
the idea is to mesh the know-how and experience of the regulars with the enthusiasm of the amateur volunteers — Raymond Moley
: fit together properly
learn to mesh layouts — Mademoiselle
intransitive verb
1. : to become entangled in or as if in meshes
the fish will not mesh today
2. : to be in or come into proper working contact — used especially of gears or other toothed working parts
wooden-cogged wheels meshing at an angle — A.L.Kroeber
a slide fastener that will not mesh
3. : to combine or fit together intricately, properly, or harmoniously : accord , coordinate , harmonize
making the operations of the mind mesh with physical actuality — Aram Vartanian
my plans are meshing together smoothly — C.A.Lindbergh b. 1902
two themes that do not quite mesh when they meet — Lisle Bell
an integrating and meshing of personalities — D.L.Cohn
III.
dialect
variant of marsh
IV.
dialect
variant of mash