meshing

Plural: meshings

Noun

• contact by fitting together
  • "the meshing of gears"
• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
• the act of interlocking or meshing
• The act by which something meshes or interlocks.

Verb

• keep engaged
• coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
• work together in harmony
• entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
• present participle and gerund of mesh

Examples

• the meshings of gears

Synonyms

engage, engagement, enmesh, ensnarl, interlock, interlocking, lock, mesh, meshwork, net, network, operate

Antonyms

disengage