to mesh

Examples

• All

• Blackened bird bones were still meshed with the broken circuit that had killed it.

  Fiction book (1999)

• This beach is meshed, or netted against sharks.

  The Endless Summer (1966)

• I'm going to take that and mesh my real and false lashes together.

• I'm going to take a little bit more of the glitter stick and kind of mesh that with the pigment.

• Both of the sleeping bags were superior grade, though the zippers wouldn't mesh.

  Fiction book (2000)

• An engine started up somewhere nearby, and gigantic gears meshed noisily, grinding something that gave off a metal shriek.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The fisherman used a net to mesh the smaller fish so they wouldn't escape.

• During the experiment, we had to mesh the various data sets to find common patterns.

• They decided to mesh their skills in order to complete the challenging project successfully.

Synonyms

E

to enmesh

vsto mesh

9 7.8

To catch something in a net or a difficult situation

describes catching by a weblike structure not just a complicated state

E

to entangle

vsto mesh

6 4.9

Twist things together so they are hard to separate

describes capture by a weblike structure instead of general twisting

N

to net

vsto mesh

3 3.6

To catch something by using a mesh

focuses on catching by a weblike structure rather than using a tool

E

to ensnarl

vsto mesh

1 9.3

To catch something in a net or trap so it cannot move

describes capture specifically by a weblike structure rather than a trap

E

to entangle around

vsto mesh

1 6.4

To twist something so it wraps around another thing and gets stuck

involves capture by a weblike structure rather than winding or wrapping

Phrasal Verbs

M

to mesh with

10 4.7

Fit well together so they work without problems

M

to mesh schedules

6.5

Make people's plans fit so they can meet or work together

Compounds

M

mesh topology

• Specialized

6.2

A network where every device connects directly to every other device

How Entangled

to ensnare

13 7.7

to entangle

6 4.9

to mesh

3 4.8

to snag

2 3.6

to catch

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology