meshing

Pluralmeshings

1. 1
   fitting togetherverb

   Present participle and gerund of mesh.

   The new manager's calm style is meshing well with the team's fast pace.

   Without oil, the gear teeth grind instead of meshing cleanly.

   Note

   The -ing form does two jobs: a participle for action in progress (a style meshing well with a team's pace) and a gerund naming the action itself (meshing is noisy without oil). It shares its spelling with the countable noun, plural meshings. In the fitting-together senses the verb often stands alone, with with naming the partner, but it can take an object too: meshing two gears, meshing two plans together.

2. 2
   the fit (act)nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of fitting together or interlocking with something else, as the teeth of gears do.

   Smooth meshing between the gear teeth keeps an old clock running quietly.

   The novel's success rests on the careful meshing of its two storylines.

   Similarinterlocking, engagement, interweaving, integration

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