mesh
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A type of material made by connecting wires or threads together with spaces between them.
We put a mesh around our garden to keep the rabbits out.
The spaces between the wires or threads in a piece of mesh.
The mesh in the fence was too wide, letting small animals through.
A complex situation or system that is hard to escape from.
He found himself caught in a dense mesh of bureaucratic rules.
When items fit together well or when you make them fit together well.
Their ideas mesh so smoothly you'd think they planned it together.
To fit together when moving.
The gears need to mesh smoothly for the machine to work properly.