mesh Definition

mesh
noun

1. Netting, or a piece of netting made of wire or thread.

Thesaurus: net, lattice, web, screen.
2. Each of the openings between the threads of a net.
3. A network.

Form: meshes (usually)

verb meshes, meshed, meshing

intr
1. technical
Said of the teeth on gear wheels: to engage.
intr
2. To fit or work together.

Thesaurus: coincide, agree, connect, fit, engage, interlock, interdigitate, knit.
Form: mesh with something (often)
intr
3. To become entangled.
4. To catch something in a mesh.

Idiom: be in mesh

technical
Said of the teeth on gear wheels: to be engaged; to be locked or fitted together.

Etymology: 16c: from Dutch maesche.