mesh

Pluralmeshes

Formsmeshes, meshing, meshed

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   nettingnouncountable or uncountable

   Wires, threads, or other bendable strands joined together, with evenly spaced holes between them.

   The window has a metal mesh that keeps the bugs out.

   She carried the oranges home in a bag made of plastic mesh.

   Similarnetting, net, lattice, web

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   be compatibleverbfigurativelyintransitive

   To fit in, or to come together and work well with something else.

   Like puzzle pieces that fit neatly together.

   Her quiet style meshed well with his loud jokes, and the show was a hit.

   I hope my plans mesh with yours this weekend.

   Similargel, harmonize, dovetail, coincide, blend

   Oppositeclash, conflict

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   join like gearsverbtransitive or intransitive

   To fit or join together by locking into each other, the way gear teeth do.

   The two gears mesh and turn together.

   She meshed the small gear with the big one, and the old clock began to tick.

   Similarengage, interlock, connect

   Oppositedisengage

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   hole in a netnouncountable

   One of the holes between the knots of a net, or the threads around a hole.

   Small fish slipped out through the meshes of the old net.

   Each mesh in this net is about as wide as your thumb.

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   linked devicesnouncountable

   A way of connecting devices so each one links to several others instead of to one central device.

   We set up our home Wi-Fi as a mesh of three small boxes that all talk to each other.

   If one radio in the mesh breaks, the others still pass the messages along.

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   3D graphicsnouncountable

   A shape made of many small flat pieces joined together, used to build 3D objects on a computer.

   The artist built a detailed mesh for the dragon in the new game.

   She wrapped a picture of tree bark around the mesh so the model looked real.

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   gear contactnouncountable or uncountable

   The way the teeth of two gears, or a gear and a toothed bar, fit together.

   When the two gears are in mesh, turning one turns the other.

   The toy car stopped moving because its gears slipped out of mesh.

   Similarengagement

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   catch in a netverbtransitive

   To catch something in a net or in material like a net.

   Fishermen set their nets at night to mesh the fish as they swim by.

   The net meshed three crabs and an old boot.

   Similarnet, entangle, catch, trap, snare

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