Meshed

[me-shed]

noun

a city in NE Iran: Muslim shrine.

Persian Mashhad.

mesh

[mesh]

noun

any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
an interwoven or intertwined structure; network.
any arrangement of interlocking metal links or wires with evenly spaced, uniform small openings between, as used in jewelry or sieves.
one of the open spaces between the cords or ropes of a net.
meshes,
1. the threads that bind such spaces.
2. the means of catching or holding fast: to be caught in the meshes of the law.
Machinery. the engagement of gear teeth.
Electricity. a set of branches that forms a closed path in a network so that removal of a branch results in an open path.
Metallurgy. a designation of a given fineness of powder used in powder metallurgy in terms of the number of the finest screen through which almost all the particles will pass: This powder is 200 mesh.

verb (used with object)

to catch or entangle in or as if in a net; enmesh.
to form with meshes, as a net.
Machinery. to engage, as gear teeth.
to cause to match, coordinate, or interlock: They tried to mesh their vacation plans.

verb (used without object)

to become enmeshed.
Machinery. to become or be engaged, as the teeth of one gear with those of another.
to match, coordinate, or interlock: The two versions of the story don't mesh.

Origin of mesh

1375–1425; late Middle English mesch, apparently continuing Old English masc, max; akin to Old High German māsca, Middle Dutch maesche

Related formsin·ter·mesh, verb (used without object)mis·mesh, verbun·mesh, verb (used with object)

Synonyms for mesh

2. web, netting, grill, screen, grid.

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Related Words for meshed

fit, dovetail, coordinate, combine, harmonize, coincide, knit, web, skein, network, labyrinth, plexus, screen, snarl, cobweb, trap, knot, maze, net, tangle

Examples from the Web for meshed

Contemporary Examples of meshed

It meshed together perfectly, and we realized that we could create a refreshing sound.
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April 16, 2013

Historical Examples of meshed

His hands trembled as he meshed the gears and shot the coupe away from the curb.
The Monster
S. M. Tenneshaw
So, in lace, a certain delightfulness is given by the texture of meshed lines.
Ariadne Florentina
John Ruskin
Dwindle Daniels at the moment was meshed in the net of official business.
Lady Luck
Hugh Wiley
Thinkest thou that Daces can escape the net that has meshed a Roach?
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I became celebrated in Meshed for the excellence of my pipes.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
James Morier

British Dictionary definitions for meshed

Meshed

noun

a variant of Mashhad

mesh

noun

a network; net
an open space between the strands of a network
(often plural) the strands surrounding these spaces
anything that ensnares, or holds like a netthe mesh of the secret police
the engagement of teeth on interacting gearwheelsthe gears are in mesh
a measure of spacing of the strands of a mesh or grid, expressed as the distance between strands for coarse meshes or a number of strands per unit length for fine meshes

verb

to entangle or become entangled
(of gear teeth) to engage or cause to engage
(intr often foll by with) to coordinate (with)to mesh with a policy
to work or cause to work in harmony

Derived Formsmeshy, adjective

Word Origin for mesh

C16: probably from Dutch maesche; related to Old English masc, Old High German masca

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Word Origin and History for meshed

mesh

late 14c., mesche, "open space in a net," probably from late Old English max "net," earlier mæscre, from Proto-Germanic *mask- (cf. Old Norse möskvi, Danish maske, Swedish maska, Old Saxon masca, Middle Dutch maessce, Dutch maas "mesh," Old High German masca, German Masche "mesh"), from PIE root *mezg- "to knit, plait, twist" (cf. Lithuanian mezgu "to knit," mazgas "knot").

mesh

1530s, originally in the figurative sense of "entangle, involve," from mesh (n.). Literal sense "to become enmeshed" is from 1580s. Meaning "to fit in, combine" is from 1944. Related: Meshed; meshing.