mesh
/mɛʃ/
mesh noun: a structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
Noun
mesh (plural meshes)
- A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
- a golden mesh to entrap the hearts of menc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
- The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
- A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
- A polygon mesh.
- In mesh analysis: a loop in an electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).
- A network topology with each device connected to multiple other devices in lieu of a central switch. Redundancy on a mesh network prevents single points of failure.
Verb
mesh (third-person singular simple present meshes, present participle meshing, simple past and past participle meshed)
- To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
- To fit in; to come together harmoniously.
- The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.
- The headliners — Weezer and Dinosaur Jr. — were alt rock acts that had turned the sound of disconnection into an audience almost two decades ago. Exactly how that was going to mesh with blue skies and umbrella drinks wasn’t clear to me.2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times
- To catch in a mesh.
- I know how loue doth rage vpon a yelding minde:
How smal a net may take and meash a hart of gentle kindea. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Description of the fickle affections, pangs, and slights of love
- I know how loue doth rage vpon a yelding minde:
mesh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mesh in Hindi
- mesh
- जाली jālī
mesh in Tamil
- வலைக் கண்ணி, வலைக்கண், வலைக்கண்ணி, வலை, நெய்யரி, கண்ணி
mesh in Marathi
- mesh
- जाळी j̈āḷī
mesh in Urdu
- جالی, پھندا, جال میں پھانسنا, جالی بنانا
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- mesh in Bengali
- জাল, জালের বুনানি, জালের বুনানির ঘর, জালের বুনানির ফাঁক
- mesh in Telugu
- మెష్, మెష్ చేయడానికి, మెష్ చెయ్యడానికి
- mesh in Malayalam
- വല, ജാലകം, കെണി, ചക്രപ്പല്ല്
- mesh in Kannada
- ಬಲೆ, ಬಲೆತೂತು, ಬಲೆಹಿಡಿ, ಬಲೆಗೆ ಬೀಳು
- mesh in Punjabi
- ਮੈਸ਼
- mesh in Gujarati
- જાળીદાર, જાળીવાળું, મેશ
- mesh in Odia
- ମେଶ୍, ମେଶ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ମେଶ୍ କରିବାକୁ
- mesh in Nepali
- मेश, मेश गर्न
- mesh in Arabic
- شَبَكَة šabaka
- mesh in Indonesian
- ram, jala
- mesh in Persian
- توری turi
Examples of mesh in a sentence
- They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
- The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
- A reticulose rhizopod is one in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.
Synonyms of mesh
Forms of mesh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | meshes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | meshes |
| present participle | meshing |
| past participle | meshed |
| past | meshed |
Origin of mesh
From Middle English mesche, from Old English masc (“net”) (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre (“mesh, spot”)), from the related Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ and *maskrǭ respectively, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, twist, plait”). Akin to Old High German māsca (“mesh”), Old Saxon maska (“net”), Old Norse mǫskvi, mǫskun (“mesh”).
Words formed from mesh
Phrases with mesh
Words that rhyme with mesh
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Questions about mesh
- What does mesh mean?
- Mesh means a structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
- What is mesh in Hindi?
- Mesh in Hindi is जाली (jālī). See Mesh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mesh?
- Mesh can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mesh?
- Mesh is pronounced /mɛʃ/.
- What is the plural of mesh?
- The plural of mesh is meshes.
Words near mesh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mesh (page history and authors); जाली (Hindi) (page history and authors); mesh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जाळी (Marathi) (page history and authors); mesh (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mesh (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mesh (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mesh (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mesh (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mesh (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mesh (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mesh (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mesh (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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