6 : being in gear : meshed
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Dictionary: engaged

Vielleicht synonym zu "im Eingriff [tech.]"? Und könnte das "meshed" bedeuten?

Adj. 1. meshed - resembling a network; "a meshed road system"
reticular, reticulate - resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system"

2. meshed - (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
intermeshed, engaged
geared - equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

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(Techn.) ineinander greifend, miteinander verzahnt, in Eingriff gebracht

Can anyone provide an example or two of "im Griff" being used of gear teeth etc.?

related discussion: Ein Rad greift ins andere

LEO:
to interlock (u.a.) - ineinander greifen
to gear into each other - greifen
to catch sth. - etw. greifen (fangen)

*schubs*


Since CM2DD is still wondering about 'im Griff,' here's a related question: Has anyone else ever heard 'to gear into' in this sense? Have we by any chance stumbled on another AE/BE thing?

'Gear into' sounds weird to me; if it's BE or technical usage or something, it should be marked appropriately, and if not, it could possibly be deleted.

But in any case, I would suggest adding some more common verbs.

'Engage' in this sense can be both transitive and intransitive, I think. It might help to list the transitive sense separately to show the German preposition.

Nearly all these could probably be marked both [tech.] and [fig.].


In the other thread I also wondered about 'to catch' (intransitive, unlike the existing entry), but with 'gears' that might have two meanings: to engage (to catch in the right way), but also to snag or foul up, get caught on something and be prevented from moving (to catch in the wrong way).