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Webster 1913 Edition

Matted

Mat′ted

,
Adj.
[See
Matte
.]
Having a dull surface; lusterless; unburnished; same as
matte
;
as,
matted
gold leaf or gilding
.
Matted glass
,
glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.

Mat′ted

,
Adj.
[See 3d
Mat
.]
1.
Covered with a mat or mats;
as, a
matted
floor
.
2.
Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together;
as,
matted
hair
.

Definition 2024

matted

matted

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Verb

matted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mat

Adjective

matted ‎(comparative more matted, superlative most matted)

  1. forming a thick tangled mess
    • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 1
      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 [...]
  2. covered with mats or matting

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