mesh

mesh
mesh1 [meʃ] n
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from early Dutch maesche]
1.) [U and C]
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.) [C usually singular] literary
a complicated or difficult situation or system
mesh of
▪ She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame.
mesh 2
mesh2 v [I]
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

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(of a net), , ,


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