Meshes - English meaning

adjective

Publicly promising that you intend to marry someone

Usage examples:

They decided to get engaged.

adjective

If a telephone is engaged, someone is already using it

Usage examples:

Customers calling to book tickets found the line was constantly engaged., the president is currentl…

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

verb

To join together two things, or to be joined together

Usage examples:

[ i ] the printer connects to the computer., [ t ] a ferry connects the island to the mainland., [ …

verb

To join two or more pieces of equipment together, or to be joined in this way

Usage examples:

Wireless networks allow you to connect two or more pcs within your own home., connect to sth the ca…

verb

Occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).

Usage examples:

He ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage sutton's attention

adjective

(of a writer or artist) committed to a particular aim or cause.

Usage examples:

He was determined that his writing and thinking should be engagé

verb

Consume all of one's attention or time

noun

Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.

Usage examples:

Filigree earrings

noun

Thin gold or silver wire shaped into delicate patterns and used esp. in jewelry

noun

Delicate jewellery made from twisted, especially silver, wire

Usage examples:

A beautiful filigree brooch, filigree ironwork

verb

(of two or more things) engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses.

Usage examples:

Their fingers interlocked

noun

A device or mechanism for connecting or coordinating the function of different components.

Usage examples:

A safety interlock to stop the blades spinning

verb

To join together firmly, esp. by fitting one part into another

Usage examples:

Interlocking rings

noun

Fabric or decorative items made of lace.

Usage examples:

Beautiful intricate lacework

noun

A structure consisting of strips of wood or metal crossed and fastened together with square or diamond-shaped spaces left between, used as a screen or fence or as a support for climbing plants.

Usage examples:

Honeysuckle was growing up a lattice round the door

noun

A structure made from strips of wood or other material that cross over each other with spaces between

noun

Interlacing strips of wood, metal, or other material forming a lattice.

Usage examples:

The cottages were covered with trellises and rustic latticework

noun

A structure made from strips of wood or other material that cross over each other with spaces between

noun

A mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key.

Usage examples:

The key turned firmly in the lock

verb

Fasten or secure (something) with a lock.

Usage examples:

She closed and locked her desk

noun

A piece of a person's hair that coils or hangs together.

Usage examples:

She pushed back a lock of hair

noun

A piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on.

Usage examples:

When he walks into the blackness of the entryway, he turns and wipes his feet onto the floor mat be…

verb

Tangle (something, especially hair) in a thick mass.

Usage examples:

The fur on its flank was matted with blood

noun

Short for matrix (sense 3).

noun

The sexual partner of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A male bird sings to court a mate

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Usage examples:

Successful males may mate with many females

verb

Short for checkmate (noun).

noun

A piece of open-meshed material made of twine, cord, or something similar, used typically for catching fish or other animals.

Usage examples:

Fishermen mending their nets

noun

A structure consisting of a net supported on a frame, forming the goal in games such as soccer and hockey.

Usage examples:

He turned wilson's cross into the net

noun

A fine fabric with a very open weave.

Usage examples:

Net curtains

noun

Open-meshed material made by knotting together twine, wire, rope, or thread.

Usage examples:

Protect crops from pigeons and other birds with netting

verb

Catch or land (a fish or other animal) with a net.

Usage examples:

Damage caused when netting the fish

verb

Acquire (a sum of money) as clear profit.

Usage examples:

He netted £2.45 million on the deal

noun

An arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.

Usage examples:

A spider constructs a complex network of several different kinds of threads

verb

Connect as or operate with a network.

Usage examples:

Compared with the railways the canals were less effectively networked

noun

Ornamental work in cloth, metal, leather, or other material with regular patterns of openings and holes.

Usage examples:

White openwork sandals

noun

A network of nerves or vessels in the body.

Usage examples:

Around the abdominal aorta, the aortic plexus of nerves can be identified.

noun

A pattern or arrangement of interlacing lines resembling a net.

Usage examples:

The fish should have a blue back with white reticulation

noun

A fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.

Usage examples:

The special branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses

verb

Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.

Usage examples:

Her hair swung across to screen her face

noun

A flat surface in a theater, on a television, or on a computer system on which pictures or words are shown

Usage examples:

I spend most of the day working in front of a computer screen., her ambition is to write for the sc…

verb

Twist together into a confused mass.

Usage examples:

The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt

noun

A confused mass of something twisted together.

Usage examples:

A tangle of golden hair

noun

Any of a number of brown seaweeds, especially oarweed.

Usage examples:

An entirely natural extract, it is based on seaweed or tangle, widely available around scotland's s…

noun

A kind of knotted lace made by hand with a small shuttle, used chiefly for trimming.

Usage examples:

She sat making tatting

verb

Make (a decorative mat or edging) by tying knots in thread and using a small shuttle to form lace.

Usage examples:

She sometimes made dresses in the evening while momma tatted doilies

verb

Give (a person or body part) a tattoo.

Usage examples:

I think you should try tatting your arms—you'll get more respect

noun

Ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a gothic window.

Usage examples:

The rose designs were divided by tracery

noun

A framework of light wooden or metal bars, chiefly used as a support for fruit trees or climbing plants.

Usage examples:

A striking feature of the garden is the large willow screens which have been mounted on two walls a…

verb

Provide with or enclose in a trellis.

Usage examples:

Bruno's father repurposed concrete telephone poles to trellis the vineyard

noun

A frame of crossed bars that supports plants as they grow, sometimes against the side of a house

Usage examples:

Roses climbed the trellises.

noun

A network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey.

Usage examples:

Although many spiders have relatively poor eyesight - those that use webs to trap prey have no need…

verb

Cover with or as though with a web.

Usage examples:

She noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases

noun

Short form ofcobweb

Usage examples:

A spider’s web hung in a corner of the window., ducks, gulls, and frogs all have webbed toes.

noun

Strong, closely woven fabric used for making items such as straps and belts, and for supporting the seats of upholstered chairs.

Usage examples:

Webbing straps

verb

Cover with or as though with a web.

Usage examples:

She noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases

noun

Threads of strong material twisted into strong strips, used to make belts and straps and to support springs in furniture