as in traps
to catch or hold as if in a net
dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets
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Recent Examples of meshes
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
This particular deal gives you two meshes for even more coverage!
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead of rigid probes that scar the brain, the porous, ultraflexible meshes were built to match the softness of cells and move with them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
How that mix meshes with WBD’s entertainment leadership group is an open question and could lead to culture clashes.
—Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
Ensuring Service-To-Service Integrity In modern architectures, applications are composed of microservices that rely on one another through APIs, messaging queues and service meshes.
—Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Stylistically, Wilson’s top-end speed and willingness to go over the middle to make contested catches meshes with Rodgers.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar B Khandre told the English language Indian newspaper Deccan Herald that all parks should have meshes on safari vehicle windows and camera openings.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Find a job that utilizes your skills and experience and meshes with your interests.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
Part of the Nordic ESS Group collection of hotels, Rox meshes soothing Scandinavian minimalism with a welcome moodiness.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Additionally, the Quince sweater comes in a sleek, neutral color that enhances its luxurious look and meshes seamlessly into my wardrobe.
—Irene Richardson, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
Inspired by the true story of the first women to study medicine in the UK, the film meshes gothic atmosphere and historical detail.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
This is a business that meshes these two domains beautifully.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Snow began in parts of the northern Rockies and the northern Plains early in the day and will continue as the storm meshes with winterlike air.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
This, too, meshes with the politics of the time, given the lure that Canada had for those fleeing the draft, and the dangers faced by refuseniks who stayed behind.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
Functional mapping techniques, for instance, can relate similar shapes but are restricted to open-loop motions on clean meshes.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
This particular deal gives you two meshes for even more coverage!
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead of rigid probes that scar the brain, the porous, ultraflexible meshes were built to match the softness of cells and move with them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
How that mix meshes with WBD’s entertainment leadership group is an open question and could lead to culture clashes.
—Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
Ensuring Service-To-Service Integrity In modern architectures, applications are composed of microservices that rely on one another through APIs, messaging queues and service meshes.
—Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Stylistically, Wilson’s top-end speed and willingness to go over the middle to make contested catches meshes with Rodgers.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar B Khandre told the English language Indian newspaper Deccan Herald that all parks should have meshes on safari vehicle windows and camera openings.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Find a job that utilizes your skills and experience and meshes with your interests.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
Just as your brain effortlessly combines visual data from two pupils about a palm’s width from each other, the VueBuds' AI meshes two separate camera images into one.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
Part of the Nordic ESS Group collection of hotels, Rox meshes soothing Scandinavian minimalism with a welcome moodiness.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Additionally, the Quince sweater comes in a sleek, neutral color that enhances its luxurious look and meshes seamlessly into my wardrobe.
—Irene Richardson, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
Inspired by the true story of the first women to study medicine in the UK, the film meshes gothic atmosphere and historical detail.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
This is a business that meshes these two domains beautifully.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Snow began in parts of the northern Rockies and the northern Plains early in the day and will continue as the storm meshes with winterlike air.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
This, too, meshes with the politics of the time, given the lure that Canada had for those fleeing the draft, and the dangers faced by refuseniks who stayed behind.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshes
Noun
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An analysis of the iPhone showed that Wolfe had allegedly deleted a TOR browser — which is often used to access child pornography on the dark web — during his interview with law enforcement, according to officials.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Backlash swells to Russia web crackdown Public backlash is growing in Russia in response to Moscow’s efforts to tighten control over the internet.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Holes are drilled at an upward angle, leading to a central chamber where the bees then fall into a glass jar that traps them.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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For hot sleepers or anyone dealing with night sweats, cotton’s moisture-wicking properties offer a real advantage over polyester, which traps heat and humidity against the skin.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This can happen due to your natural hair texture, dryness, or environmental stressors like wind, friction from your pillowcase, or pollution—your cuticles can catch on each other like Velcro, Small says, causing tangles.—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Across the street, through a thick tangle of forest, the Khodymchuks’ building stood tall and gray in the snow.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Wire pin or slicker brushes work best for dogs with long hair that tangles easily.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Spain midfielder fed a superb pass forward to beat the hosts’ offside trap, and Fermín did the rest by firing past David Soria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Methane traps around 80 times as much heat as CO2 over a 20-year horizon, making the emissions from a buildout of this scale difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Meshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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