mesh

noun

/meʃ/

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[uncountable, countable] material made of a network of wire or plastic threads
- wire mesh over the door of the cage
- Nets should have fine meshes to trap small particles.
- The windows are covered with a fine wire mesh.
[countable, usually singular] the spaces between the individual wires or threads that form a mesh
- If the mesh is too big, small rabbits can squeeze through.
[countable, usually singular] a complicated situation or system that it is difficult to escape from synonym web
- She felt trapped in a mesh of loyalty and guilt.
- trapped in a mesh of political intrigue

Word Originlate Middle English: probably from an unrecorded Old English word related to (and perhaps reinforced in Middle English by) Middle Dutch maesche, of Germanic origin.

mesh

verb

/meʃ/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mesh	/meʃ/ /meʃ/
he / she / it meshes	/ˈmeʃɪz/ /ˈmeʃɪz/
past simple meshed	/meʃt/ /meʃt/
past participle meshed	/meʃt/ /meʃt/
-ing form meshing	/ˈmeʃɪŋ/ /ˈmeʃɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] to fit together or match closely, especially in a way that works well; to make things fit together successfully
- mesh (something) (with something) This evidence meshes with earlier reports of an organized riot.
- mesh (something) (together) His theories mesh together various political and religious beliefs.
[intransitive] (specialist) (of parts of a machine) to fit together as they move
- If the cogs don't mesh correctly, the gears will keep slipping.

Word Originlate Middle English: probably from an unrecorded Old English word related to (and perhaps reinforced in Middle English by) Middle Dutch maesche, of Germanic origin.