has particulars: chicken wire, gauze, netting, veiling, hairnet, reseau, safety net, save-all, snood, spark arrester, sparker, tulle, grillwork, wirework

is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile

Derived form verb mesh₄

mesh(n = noun.act) interlock, interlocking, meshing - the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check"

is a kind of catch, grab, snap, snatch

Derived form verb mesh₁

Verb mesh has 4 senses

mesh(v = verb.contact) engage, lock, operate - keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

is one way to displace, move

Derived forms noun mesh₅, noun mesh₂, noun meshing₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

mesh(v = verb.change) interlock - coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively; Array

is one way to coordinate, organise, organize

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

mesh(v = verb.social) Array - work together in harmony; Array

is one way to

relate

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

mesh(v = verb.contact) enmesh, ensnarl - entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh; Array

is one way to entangle, mat, snarl, tangle

Derived form noun mesh₄

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mesh, n. [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.

mesh, v. t.

To catch in a mesh. Surrey. [1913 Webster]

mesh, v. i.

To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels. [1913 Webster]

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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

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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

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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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