mesh

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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 men

2. 2
   verb

   To fit in; to come together harmoniously.

   The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.

3. 3
   verb

   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 kinde

4. 4
   noun

   the act of interlocking or meshing

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

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

7. 7
   noun

   contact by fitting together

8. 8
   noun

   the number of openings per linear inch of a screen

Etymology

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”).