ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Matted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Matted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of mat.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of mat.

More Meanings

  1. simple past and past participle of matt
  2. simple past and past participle of matte
  3. Forming a thick tangled mess.
  4. Covered with mats or matting.

Example Sentences

The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library […]
The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […]
As the warrior emerged from the forest, Tarzan caught a fleeting glimpse of a tawny hide worming its way through the matted jungle grasses in his wake—it was Numa, the lion. He, too, was stalking the black man.

Synonyms for matted

Depending on context, synonyms include dull, flat, tangled, mat, matt, matte.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flat, dull, tangled, entangled, densely, gilliflower.

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