meshes 1 of 2

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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meshes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mesh

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Recent Examples of meshes
Noun
Check out more of our Amazon Prime Day coverage and other deals on things like meshes and SSDs. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 As the secondary meshes with the defensive front, and the offense gets wide receiver reinforcements with Tank Dell and Nico Collins, a rebound seems possible. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Components such as porous meshes and foams must be manufactured at scale, incorporated into working systems, and shown to maintain their unusual corrosion resistance over long operating periods. — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 Others still involve video to a significant degree but incorporate more explicit 3D information, like data related to positioning, meshes, and so on somewhere in the process. — ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 Microservices introduced flexibility but also required service meshes, observability platforms and policy controls. — Nishanth Prakash, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 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 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
Verb
The Portuguese water dog breed is hypoallergenic, according to the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America, which meshes well with the Obama family's allergies. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026 Or will there be some growing pains as all that newness meshes together? — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The younger Young has actually been in the touring band for over a decade now and his playing style meshes well with that of Uncle Angus. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 And with over 30 colors and patterns to choose from, there’s a look that meshes into everyone’s closet. — Lauren Barnhill, Southern Living, 23 July 2026 How that sensibility meshes with Major League Baseball will be evident when the KAWS x MLB collection is released ahead of the Dodgers visiting the New York Yankees for a three-game series July 17-19. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 The windswept tumult is filmed in lyrical slow motion, with high-contrast lighting, and the imagery meshes with Angèle’s text to evoke the inner lives of Maxine and Ada, conjuring subjectivity itself. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 Sneakerinas are the playful cross between sneakers and ballet flats, and their athletic vibe meshes perfectly with the slightly sporty feel of capri leggings. — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 12 June 2026 Boyle puts extra meat on Patrick’s bare bones with a soulful performance that meshes precisely with Petticrew’s turn as the slight-in-stature but formidably strong-willed Shiv. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshes
Noun
  • The best way Ray can think of to do so is to tail her shady husband, Dom (Bobby Cannavale) — all the way into a sordid (but still vaguely family-friendly) web of deceit, murder, blackmail and gangland drama.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Even something as simple as installing the progressive web app version of Slack isn’t working properly.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This loop traps us, backfilling saved time with even more low-value complexity rather than freeing up space for deep thinking.
    — Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Once the festivities get rolling, though, ferociously bad weather rolls in and traps them there for the foreseeable future.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In one image, a forlorn man appears as if swallowed by a tangle of trunks and roots.
    — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • So here's the part where DC's comic book logic tangles itself into knots.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But consent decrees are legally and politically complicated, and the treatment of migrant children further tangles the situation.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Dead roaches were observed inside a glue trap on the floor next to a beer keg.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • New England beat Buffalo so the public isn't exactly fading the Patriots, but this still feels like a bit of a trap line to me.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Meshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshes. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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