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mesh

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
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CIDE DICTIONARY

meshn. [AS. masc, max, m; akin to D. maas, masche, OHG. masca, Icel. möskvi; cf. Lith. mazgas a knot, megsti to weave nets, to knot.].
  •  The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.  [1913 Webster]
    "A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.  [1913 Webster]
Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.
meshv. t. 
     To catch in a mesh.  Surrey.  [1913 Webster]
meshv. i. 
     To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mesh, n. & v.
--n.
1 a network fabric or structure.
2 each of the open spaces or interstices between the strands of a net or sieve etc.
3 (in pl.) a a network. b a snare.
4 (in pl.) Physiol. an interlaced structure.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by with) (of the teeth of a wheel) be engaged (with others).
2 intr. be harmonious.
3 tr. catch in a net.

Idiom
in mesh (of the teeth of wheels) engaged.
Etymology
earlier meish etc. f. MDu. maesche f. Gmc

THESAURUS

mesh

Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, allure, alternation, arabesque, bag, bait the hook, basketry, basketwork, birdlime, can of worms, cancellation, catch, catch out, clutches, coact, coaction, cobweb, complementary distribution, complex, complexity, concurrence, cooperate, cooperation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, decoy, decussation, dovetail, engage, engagement, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entanglement, entoil, entrap, enweb, filigree, fit together, foul, fret, fretwork, gin, grab, grasp, grate, grater, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, grip, hachure, harpoon, hatching, hook, hook in, interact, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, interlace, interlacement, interlacing, interlock, intermesh, intermeshing, interplay, interstice, intertexture, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwining, interweave, interweaving, interwork, interworking, intricacy, inveigle, involve, jungle, knit, knot, labyrinth, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, land, lasso, lattice, lattice-work, latticework, lime, lure, match, maze, meander, meshes, meshing, meshwork, mess, morass, mortise, nail, net, netting, network, noose, perplex, plexure, plexus, quid pro quo, raddle, ravel, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rope, sack, screen, screening, seesaw, sieve, skein, snafu, snag, snake pit, snare, snarl, sniggle, spear, spread the toils, strainer, take, tangle, tangle up with, tangled skein, texture, tissue, tit for tat, toils, tracery, trap, trellis, trellis-work, trelliswork, trip, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wheels within wheels, wicker, wickerwork, wilderness, wind

ROGET THESAURUS

mesh

Interval

N interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.

Crossing

N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.


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