MESHING
Dictionary entry overview: What does meshing mean?
• MESHING (noun)
The noun MESHING has 3 senses:
1. contact by fitting together
2. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
3. the act of interlocking or meshing
Familiarity information: MESHING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MESHING (noun)
Meaning:
Contact by fitting together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
interlocking; meshing; mesh; engagement
Context examples:
the engagement of the clutch / the meshing of gears
Hypernyms ("meshing" is a kind of...):
contact; impinging; striking (the physical coming together of two or more things)
Meaning:
An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
meshwork; meshing; network; mesh; net
Hypernyms ("meshing" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Meronyms (parts of "meshing"):
backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meshing"):
chicken wire (a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences)
tulle (a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns)
spark arrester; sparker (a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack)
snood (an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head)
save-all (a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship)
safety net (a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze)
reseau (a net or mesh foundation for lace)
hairnet (a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place)
gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)
grillwork; wirework (mesh netting made of wires)
Meaning:
The act of interlocking or meshing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interlock; interlocking; meshing; mesh
Context example:
an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check
Hypernyms ("meshing" is a kind of...):
catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)
