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mat⋅ted

1  [mat-id]
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–adjective
1. covered with a dense growth or a tangled mass: a garden matted with weeds.
2. formed into a mat; entangled in a thick mass: matted hair.
3. formed of mats, or of plaited or woven material.
4. covered with mats or matting.
Origin:
1600–10; mat 1 + -ed 2

Related forms:
mat⋅ted⋅ly, adverb
mat⋅ted⋅ness, noun
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mat⋅ted

2  [mat-id]
–adjective
having a dull finish; matte.
Origin:
1815–25; matte 1 + -ed 2

mat

1  [mat] noun, verb, mat⋅ted, mat⋅ting.
–noun
1. a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
2. a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc.
3. Sports.
a. the padded canvas covering the entire floor of a wrestling ring, for protecting the contestants from injury when thrown.
b. a thick pad placed on the floor for the protection of tumblers and others engaged in gymnastic sports.
4. a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
5. a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar.
6. a slablike footing of concrete, esp. one for an entire building.
7. a heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cover with or as if with mats or matting.
9. to form into a mat, as by interweaving.
–verb (used without object)
10. to become entangled; form tangled masses.
—Idiom
11. go to the mat, to contend or struggle in a determined or unyielding way: The President is going to the mat with Congress over the proposed budget cuts.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE matte < LL matta mat of rushes < Sem; cf. Heb mittāh bed

Related forms:
matless, adjective

matt

  [mat]
–adjective, noun, verb (used with object)
matte 1 .

matte

1  [mat] adjective, noun, verb, mat⋅ted, mat⋅ting.
–adjective
1. having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
–noun
2. a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
3. a tool for producing such a surface.
4. Metallurgy. an unfinished metallic product of the smelting of certain sulfide ores, esp. those of copper.
5. Movies. matte shot.
–verb (used with object)
6. to finish with a matte surface.
Also, mat, matt.

Origin:
1640–50; < F mat (masc.), matte (fem.), OF < LL mattus moist, soft, weak, perh. < *maditus, deriv. of L madēre to be wet

mat

2  [mat] noun, verb, mat⋅ted, mat⋅ting.
–noun
1. a piece of cardboard or other material placed over or under a drawing, painting, photograph, etc., to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame.
–verb (used with object)
2. to provide (a picture) with a mat.
Origin:
1835–40; appar. mat 1 , influenced by matte 1

mat

3  [mat]
–adjective, noun, verb, mat⋅ted, mat⋅ting.
matte 1 .
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mat 1   (māt)   
n.  

  1. A flat piece of coarse fabric or other material used for wiping one's shoes or feet, or in various other forms as a floor covering.

  2. A small flat piece of decorated material placed under a lamp, dish of food, or other object.

  3. Sports A floor pad to protect athletes, as in wrestling or gymnastics.

  4. A densely woven or thickly tangled mass: a mat of hair.

  5. The solid part of a lace design.

  6. A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering.

v.   mat·ted, mat·ting, mats

v.   tr.

  1. To cover, protect, or decorate with mats or a mat.

  2. To pack or interweave into a thick mass: High winds matted the leaves against the base of the fence.

v.   intr.
To be packed or interwoven into a thick mass; become entangled.

[Middle English, from Old English matte, from Late Latin matta, of Phoenician origin; see nṭy in Semitic roots.]
mat 2   (māt)   
n.  

  1. A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame.

  2. also matte

    1. A dull, often rough finish, as of paint, glass, metal, or paper.

    2. A special tool for producing such a surface or finish.

  3. Printing See matrix.

tr.v.   mat·ted, mat·ting, mats

  1. To put a mat around (a picture).

  2. To produce a dull finish on.

adj.   also matte
Having a dull finish.

[From French, dull, from Old French, defeated, withered, perhaps from Latin mattus, stupefied, senseless, possibly from *maditus, past participle of madēre, to be wet.]
mat·ted   (māt'ĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Covered with or made from mats.

  2. Tangled in a dense mass: tried to push through the matted undergrowth.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

mat 
O.E. matte, from L.L. matta "mat made of rushes" (4c.), probably from Punic or Phoenician (cf. Heb. mittah "bed, couch"). Meaning "piece of padded flooring used in gymnastics or wrestling" is attested from 1903. Matted "tangled and lying flat" (of hair, etc.) is from 1613.

matte  (adj.)
1648, "lusterless," from Fr. mat "dull, dead surface," from O.Fr. mat "beaten down, withered," probably from L. mattus "maudlin with drink," from madere "to be wet or sodden, be drunk," from PIE base *mad- "to be wet, drip" (see mastectomy). Noun sense "backing for a picture" is an 1845 borrowing from Fr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2mat
Function: noun
: a mat colony of bacteria

Main Entry: matt
Variant: or matte
variant of MAT
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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