1
as in web
usually meshes plural
something that catches and holds
a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy
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2
as in netting
a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals
spread a mesh across the doorway to keep out insects
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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets
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Recent Examples of mesh
Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Wash fragile pieces in mesh laundry bags on your machine’s delicate or gentle setting with cold water.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler never seemed to mesh well as starters.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
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Noun
Topped with an ethereal paraiba tourmaline on a mesh of marquise-cut diamonds and morganites to convey the pink sands of Sardinia, the Marea Rosa necklace was a case in point.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Wash fragile pieces in mesh laundry bags on your machine’s delicate or gentle setting with cold water.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Verb
Ratcliffe’s briefing to lawmakers on the U.S. findings appeared to mesh with some of Israeli officials’ battle damage assessments.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler never seemed to mesh well as starters.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesh
Noun
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The Talos post was published around the same time that the dark web site belonging to BlackSuit began displaying a message saying the site had been seized in Operation CheckMate.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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Meta lost the race to control the operating systems for the mobile web era in the early 2000s and 2010s, which Apple and Google won.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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The Littleton native delivered with a rocket to the top netting for his second of the year and 30th career goal for the Rapids.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
17 July 2025
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Once the dahlias are a few inches tall, install the netting.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Her character survived a group seizure, being sent to a gay conversion camp, blackmail from one of her best friends (Lili Reinhart's Betty Cooper), and a full season in which she was trapped in a cult.—
Ryan Coleman Updated,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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Unfortunately, Scott gets trapped there himself during an expedition with no way to get out until ... 23.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
Noun
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This creates abnormal amounts of protein deposits called tangles, which kill brain cells.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Lying nearby is a tangle of thin string that is defining the war now – not fishing net, but fiber-optic cable, used to prevent drones being jammed.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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Inside his home in Oregon, Remmers has the bracket framed and the net from the Nerf goal cut down and hung on the frame’s corner.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
16 July 2025
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It's perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
16 July 2025
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“Mesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesh. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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