Mesh - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |meʃ|  American pronunciation of the word mesh
Brit.  |meʃ|  British pronunciation of the word mesh

noun

- the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
a 100 mesh screen
100 mesh powdered cellulose
- contact by fitting together (syn: engagement, interlocking)
the meshing of gears
- the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals (syn: net, network)
- the act of interlocking or meshing (syn: interlock, interlocking)

verb

- keep engaged (syn: engage, lock, operate)
- coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively (syn: interlock)
- work together in harmony
- entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh (syn: enmesh, ensnarl)

Extra examples

We covered the blueberry bushes in nylon mesh to keep the birds from the fruit.

...a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy...

They meshed traditions from several cultures into one wedding ceremony.

The book tries to mesh philosophy and humor.

The two plans mesh well.

The gears weren't meshing properly.

The windows were covered in wire mesh to keep out flies.

She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame.

His own ideas did not mesh with the views of the party.

100 mesh powdered cellulose

A stent is a wire metal mesh tube used to prop open an artery during angioplasty.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: mesh
he/she/it: meshes
present participle: meshing
past tense: meshed
past participle: meshed
noun
singular: mesh
plural: meshes
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