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mat⋅ted

1[mat-id]
–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


mat⋅ted⋅ly, adverb
mat⋅ted⋅ness, noun

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.
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


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 .
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.

Matted

Mat"ted\, a. [See Matte.] Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.

Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.

Matted

Mat"ted\, a. [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.
Language Translation for : matted
Spanish: enmarañado,
German: verfilzt,
Japanese: もつれた
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