meshed

verb

past tense of mesh
as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets

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Recent Examples of meshed His consistent personality has meshed well with the coaching staff and players in the clubhouse. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 June 2026 The potatoes had just the right creaminess, which meshed well with the braise. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 June 2026 My trusty spreadsheet looked back to 1990 to see how annual swings in the 30-year mortgage rate, as tracked by Freddie Mac, meshed with home-price indexes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and job counts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 Russia’s counterinsurgency tactics, effective when used with the backing of the full Russian military, also haven’t meshed well with the central Sahel states. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026 The two elements meshed during the filming of the series finale of Fox’s rollicking family comedy in 2006. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Now White's the headline, singing his own style of music with rock, country and R&B meshed together. — Tony Peterson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 According to Drake, those experiences also gave him an insider’s perspective on how the cruise and travel industries operate behind the scenes, and that experience, meshed with his humor, is the foundation for his unique podcast. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026 That meshed with decades of observations that the shot prevents a smattering of other diseases. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshed
  1. trapped
  2. tangled
  3. enmeshed
Verb
  • Both helicopter pilots were initially trapped, but one of them was able to push out a window and get both of them out, Bivens disclosed.
    — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Bivens said the two pilots were initially trapped inside the helicopter.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of trapped
Verb
  • These can’t go into curbside bins because the long cords can become tangled in the machines.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The ceiling arches in the back, hiding a tiny alcove where a couple sits tucked close, their legs tangled beneath the table.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of tangled
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  • Furthermore, the novel opens on a world that has long been enmeshed in performance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Nevertheless, Christianity was enmeshed in public life.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Definition of enmeshed

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