different between relate vs mesh

English

Etymology

From Latin rel?tus, perfect passive participle of refer? (“carry back; report”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???le?t/, /?i?le?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Hyphenation: re?late

Verb

relate (third-person singular simple present relates, present participle relating, simple past and past participle related)

1. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.

   The captain related an old yarn.

   Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.

2. (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
   • 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)

     The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features […]

3. (intransitive) To have a connection.

   The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.

4. (intransitive) To interact.
5. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
6. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.

   I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.

7. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.

Synonyms

• chronicle
• describe
• divulge
• recount
• state

Derived terms

• aforerelated

Related terms

• relatable
• relater
• relation
• relationship
• relative
• refer
• reference

Translations

Anagrams

• Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, elater, telera

French

Verb

relate

1. first-person singular present indicative of relater
2. third-person singular present indicative of relater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of relater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of relater
5. second-person singular imperative of relater

Anagrams

• alerte, alerté, étaler

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re?la?.te/, [r????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re?la.te/, [r??l??t??]

Participle

rel?te

1. vocative masculine singular of rel?tus

Portuguese

Verb

relate

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of relatar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of relatar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of relatar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of relatar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?late/, [re?la.t?e]

Verb

relate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of relatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of relatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of relatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of relatar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English mesche, from Old English masc (“net”) (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre (“mesh, spot”)) both from Proto-Germanic *maskr?, *maskw?, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, twist, plait”). Akin to Old High German m?sca (“mesh”), Old Saxon maska (“net”), Old Norse m?skvi, m?skun (“mesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mesh (plural meshes)

1. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
2. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
3. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
4. A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
5. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.

Synonyms

• (space and threads): lattice, network, net

Derived terms

• mesh number
• navmesh
• polymesh
• submesh

Translations

Verb

mesh (third-person singular simple present meshes, present participle meshing, simple past and past participle meshed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
2. (intransitive, figuratively, by extension) To fit in; to come together harmoniously.

3. (transitive) To catch in a mesh.
   • a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, "Description of the fickle affections, pangs, and slights of love"

     I know how loue doth rage vpon a yelding minde:
     How smal a net may take and meash a hart of gentle kinde

Translations

Anagrams

• Hems, Mehs, Shem, hems, mehs