MESHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meshed mean? 

• MESHED (noun)
  The noun MESHED has 1 sense:

1. the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran

  Familiarity information: MESHED used as a noun is very rare.

• MESHED (adjective)
  The adjective MESHED has 2 senses:

1. resembling a network

2. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

  Familiarity information: MESHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESHED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mashhad; Meshed

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

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

Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)

• MESHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a network

Context example:

a meshed road system

Similar:

reticular; reticulate (resembling or forming a network)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

Synonyms:

engaged; intermeshed; meshed

Context example:

intermeshed twin rotors

Similar:

geared (equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged)

 Context examples 

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)