Meaning & use
Meshes
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Fits together properly or interlocks, as the teeth of gears do; works well in combination with something else.
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The new hire's laid-back style meshes well with the rest of the design team.
The gears mesh smoothly once the alignment is adjusted.
A note on using this word
As a noun, 'meshes' also refers to the open spaces or the material of a net, as in 'the fish struggled in the meshes of the net.'
Words with a similar meaning
interlocksharmonizesfits
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Words with an opposite meaning
clashesconflicts
Another way to use it
2. noun
The open spaces of a net or netlike material, or the material itself.
Sunlight filtered through the fine meshes of the curtain.
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