matted

English

Verb

matted

simple past tense and past participle of mat

Adjective

matted (comparative more matted, superlative most matted)

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 [...]
covered with mats or matting

Derived terms

Translations

forming a thick tangled mess

Italian: aggrovigliato (it), arruffato (it), ingarbugliato (it), infeltrito (it)
Maori: rirapa, rīraparapa

Russian: спутанный (ru) (sputannyj)

covered with mats or matting

Italian: coperto di stuoie, fatto a stuoia

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