MESH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesh mean? 

• MESH (noun)
  The noun MESH has 5 senses:

1. the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles

2. contact by fitting together

3. the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component

4. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

5. the act of interlocking or meshing

  Familiarity information: MESH used as a noun is common.

• MESH (verb)
  The verb MESH has 4 senses:

1. keep engaged

2. coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

3. work together in harmony

4. entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

  Familiarity information: MESH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

100 mesh powdered cellulose

Hypernyms ("mesh" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Holonyms ("mesh" is a part of...):

in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Contact by fitting together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

engagement; interlocking; mesh; meshing

Context example:

the meshing of gears

Hypernyms ("mesh" is a kind of...):

contact; impinging; striking (the physical coming together of two or more things)

Derivation:

mesh (keep engaged)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mesh; mesh topology

Hypernyms ("mesh" is a kind of...):

network topology; topology (the configuration of a communication network)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network

Hypernyms ("mesh" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Meronyms (parts of "mesh"):

backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mesh"):

chicken wire (a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences)

gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)

hairnet (a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place)

reseau (a net or mesh foundation for lace)

safety net (a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze)

save-all (a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship)

snood (an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head)

spark arrester; sparker (a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack)

tulle (a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns)

grillwork; wirework (mesh netting made of wires)

Derivation:

mesh (entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of interlocking or meshing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

interlock; interlocking; mesh; meshing

Context example:

an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check

Hypernyms ("mesh" is a kind of...):

catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)

Derivation:

mesh (keep engaged)

• MESH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mesh    ... he / she / it meshes   
Past simple: meshed   
Past participle: meshed   
-ing form: meshing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep engaged

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

engage; lock; mesh; operate

Context example:

engaged the gears

Hypernyms (to "mesh" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mesh"):

flip; switch; throw (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation)

ride (keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

mesh (the act of interlocking or meshing)

mesh; meshing (contact by fitting together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

interlock; mesh

Hypernyms (to "mesh" is one way to...):

coordinate; organise; organize (bring order and organization to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Work together in harmony

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "mesh" is one way to...):

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

enmesh; ensnarl; mesh

Hypernyms (to "mesh" is one way to...):

entangle; mat; snarl; tangle (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

mesh (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)

 Context examples 

Esophageal stents are made of metal mesh, plastic, or silicone, and may be used in the treatment of esophageal cancer.

(Esophageal stent, NCI Dictionary)

The platelets retain the fibrin in tiny, tightly wound bundles, therefore remodeling the fibrin mesh to make it more dense and stiff.

(How And Why Blood Clots Shrink, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A vascular metal mesh tube coated with medication.

(Drug Eluting Stent, NCI Thesaurus)

"But anything smaller than that net mesh has been escaping."

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

These fibers form a mesh that traps platelets, blood cells and plasma to form a clot.

(Fibrinolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

His eyes especially were meshed round with wrinkles, as is natural for one who had puckered them all his life in facing foul wind and bitter weather.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A toothed wheel designed to mesh with another toothed object and transmit motion.

(Gear Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A vascular metal mesh tube without a coating.

(Bare Metal Stent, NCI Thesaurus)

A wire mesh device used for the closure of atrial septal defects.

(Atrial Closure Device, NCI Thesaurus)

Peeping through the meshes of the hammock, he saw the Marches coming out, as if bound on some expedition.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)