intermesh
Engage like gears
To intermesh is for parts to fit together by interlocking, as gear teeth engage with one another.
The word extends to any close integration where elements connect and function as a unit: Their responsibilities intermesh so completely that neither could work alone.
Schedules, systems, or ideas can intermesh when they align and interlock.
Toothed wheel or belongings
- cogProjecting gear tooth
- interlockJoin by overlapping
- engageActively participate or connect
- synchronizeAlign timing precisely
dovetail · ratchet · coupling · linkage · sprocket · mechanism · teeth · pinion
Combine into unity
- fuseProtective melting wire
- blendCombine into mixture
- uniteBring together as one
- unifyCombine into a whole
coalesce · meld · synthesize · amalgamate · consolidate · incorporate · harmonize · integrate
Catch in interwoven strands
- entwineWind around each other
- snarlHostile vocal threat
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- interlockJoin by overlapping
knot · embroil · complicate · ensnare · interlace · interweave · interconnect · bind
gear
Toothed wheel or belongings
synchronize · dovetail · ratchet · coupling · linkage · sprocket · mechanism · teeth · pinion · fit
merge
Combine into unity
unify · coalesce · meld · synthesize · amalgamate · consolidate · incorporate · harmonize · integrate · converge
enmesh
Catch in interwoven strands
interlock · knot · embroil · complicate · ensnare · interlace · interweave · interconnect · bind · twist
interlace
Weave elements together
- interweaveCross threads alternately
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- braidInterwoven strand pattern
plait · warp · weft · textile · knit · crochet · loom · thread · yarn · macrame
intermeshseparate
To set apart
detach · disconnect · disengage · decouple · disentangle