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Noun meshing has 3 senses
- engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking - contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
--1 is a kind of contact, impinging, striking
- net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
--2 is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
--2 has parts: backbone
--2 has particulars:
- mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking - the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check"
--3 is a kind of catch, grab, snatch, snap
Verb mesh has 4 senses
- engage, mesh, lock, operate - keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- interlock, mesh - coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
--2 is one way to organize, organise, coordinate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- mesh - work together in harmony
--3 is one way to relate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- enmesh, mesh, ensnarl - entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
--4 is one way to entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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