mesh

Material made from crossing wires or threads, with many small holes between them.

• The window is covered with mesh.
• A wire mesh fence surrounds the garden.
• The bag has small mesh pockets.

Similar words: netting

Common phrases: wire mesh, fine mesh, mesh fence, mesh screen

One of the holes between the threads or wires of a net.

• Each mesh is too small for the fish to escape.
• The fisherman checked the size of each mesh.
• A twig was caught in one mesh of the net.

Similar words: opening

Common phrases: size of mesh, each mesh, small mesh

To fit or work well together.

• Our personalities mesh well.
• His plans did not mesh with mine.
• The music meshed perfectly with the pictures.

How to use it: mesh with something (Her teaching style meshes with the school’s approach.)

Similar words: fit, harmonize

Opposites: clash

Common phrases: mesh well, mesh with something

To fit together so that the teeth of one part enter the spaces in another.

• The gears mesh smoothly.
• These teeth do not mesh with the other wheel.
• The mechanic adjusted the gears until they meshed.

How to use it: mesh with something (The small gear meshes with the larger wheel.)

Similar words: interlock, engage

Opposites: disengage

Common phrases: gears mesh, mesh with something