Antonyms for mesh


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mesh
Phonetic Transcription : mɛʃ


Definition of mesh

Origin :
  • late 14c., mesche, "open space in a net," probably from late Old English max "net," earlier mæscre, from Proto-Germanic *mask- (cf. Old Norse möskvi, Danish maske, Swedish maska, Old Saxon masca, Middle Dutch maessce, Dutch maas "mesh," Old High German masca, German Masche "mesh"), from PIE root *mezg- "to knit, plait, twist" (cf. Lithuanian mezgu "to knit," mazgas "knot").
  • noun netting, entanglement
  • verb entangle, connect
Example sentences :
  • By pressing tightly against the mesh Bentley could see the headlines.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • By the very strength of her nature she was caught in the mesh of Diana's scheme.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The engine hit at once and Stan slammed the gears into mesh.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • Be careful not to take one mesh out, until you have completed the next row.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • Net the first row plain, having the silk round the mesh twice.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • You must have two skeins of second sized silk, and a No. 10 mesh.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • "I were seein' some footin' o' foxes on the mesh," he explained.
  • Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
  • I saw that the mesh of wires, disks and a helmet were on Jane….
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • From every mesh in the social web, he can disentangle a grace.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • The mesh or ground is, again, quite different to other laces.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Lace and Needlework » by Emily Leigh Lowes

Synonyms for mesh

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