Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Formed like network; reticulated.
  • Resembling network; divided into small equal parts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Formed with meshes; netted.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Formed with meshes; netted.

Etymologies

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mesh +‎ -y

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Examples

  • If there was any problem I had with these foam ear pads, it's that they'd get full of hair and crap fast due to their "meshy" nature, and every now and again you may find yourself picking it all out so it's not causing itches or because it looks gross!

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • In this meshy business of making wine, you get as much 'grape intimacy' as you can handle, without the overhead and headaches of owning a winery.

    Lisa Gansky: Welcome To The World Wide Mesh: Where Access Trumps Ownership Lisa Gansky 2010

  • In this meshy business of making wine, you get as much 'grape intimacy' as you can handle, without the overhead and headaches of owning a winery.

    Lisa Gansky: Welcome To The World Wide Mesh: Where Access Trumps Ownership Lisa Gansky 2010

  • St. Louis Michael's black meshy frock is way too short which even he realizes on the runway, and the model pulls it down over her bum as she's making her final turn.

    Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Season 8, Episodes 1 and 2 2010

  • St. Louis Michael's black meshy frock is way too short which even he realizes on the runway, and the model pulls it down over her bum as she's making her final turn.

    Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Season 8, Episodes 1 and 2 2010

  • When federal agents went to question Conaway at his home, the man initially slammed the door to the investigators and ordered them away before emerging right away with his wife and son – a wide, meshy belt with what appeared to be explosives strapped around his waist, according to Box.

    Roman Conaway Arrested: Accused Of Threatening President Obama, Local Muslims 2010

  • When federal agents went to question Conaway at his home, the man initially slammed the door to the investigators and ordered them away before emerging right away with his wife and son – a wide, meshy belt with what appeared to be explosives strapped around his waist, according to Box.

    Roman Conaway Arrested: Accused Of Threatening President Obama, Local Muslims 2010

  • Mostly I straightened up, collecting sticky milkshake cups from the sock bins, organizing bras according to size and function (small bras were meshy and bright, meant to be seen, while larger ones were padded and flesh-toned, as sturdy and obscure as corsets), and refolding holiday linens.

    Taking a Job 2009

  • Hey, guys - Croquembouche is actually made with profiteroles, not monkey bread, stuck together with hot caramel the kind that takes your skin right off if a single drop falls anywhere on your body, made to look like a sort of meshy wrap.

    Merci! 2009

  • Mostly I straightened up, collecting sticky milkshake cups from the sock bins, organizing bras according to size and function (small bras were meshy and bright, meant to be seen, while larger ones were padded and flesh-toned, as sturdy and obscure as corsets), and refolding holiday linens.

    Taking a Job Elizabeth Foley Hegwood 2009

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