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noun

Definition of meshesnext
plural of mesh
as in web
something that catches and holds a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mesh
as in traps
to catch or hold as if in a net dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets

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“Meshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshes. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

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