mesh

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of the open spaces in a net or network; an interstice.
2. n. The cords, threads, or wires surrounding these spaces. Often used in the plural.
3. n. An openwork fabric or structure; a net or network: a screen made of wire mesh.
4. n. Something that snares or entraps. Often used in the plural: "Arabia had become entangled in the meshes of . . . politics” ( W. Montgomery Watt).
5. n. The engagement of gear teeth.
6. n. The state of being so engaged: gear teeth in mesh.
7. v. To catch in or as if in a net; ensnare.
8. v. To cause (gear teeth) to become engaged.
9. v. To cause to work closely together; coordinate.
10. v. To become entangled.
11. v. To become engaged or interlocked: gears that are not meshing properly.
12. v. To fit together effectively; be coordinated.
13. v. To accord with another or each other; harmonize.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One of the clear spaces of a net or netting; an opening in network of a size determined by the distance apart of the knots by which the crossing twines or threads are united; also, a clear space between the threads or wires of a sieve.
2. n. Figuratively, network; means of entanglement; anything that serves to entangle or constrain: often in the plural: as, the meshes of the law.
3. n. plural In lace and similar fabrics, the whole background, often formed of threads very irregularly spaced.
4. n. In machinery, the engagement of the teeth of gearing : as, the mesh of a toothed wheel with the teeth of a rack or with the cogs of another wheel.
5. n. A tool used in embroidery, knitting, etc., for the production of stitching of regular size, and sometimes having a groove to guide the scissors.
6. To make in meshes; form the meshes of.
7. To catch in a net, as fish; hence, to entangle; entrap in meshes.
8. To engage (the teeth of wheels or the teeth of a rack and pinion) with each other.
9. To make meshes or nets.
10. To become engaged, as the teeth of one wheel with those of another.
11. An obsolete or dialectal form of mash.
12. n. One of the subdivisons of a head or ear of wheat; a wheat spikelet.

Wiktionary

1. n. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
2. n. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
3. n. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
4. n. A polygon mesh.
5. n. 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.
6. v. to fit in, to come together

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
2. n. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
3. v. To catch in a mesh.
4. v. To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. contact by fitting together
2. v. coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
3. n. the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component
4. v. entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
5. v. keep engaged
6. n. the act of interlocking or meshing
7. n. the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
8. v. work together in harmony
9. n. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals