matted

matted

English

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
   • 1902, Joseph Conrad, chapter I, in Heart of Darkness:

     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

Derived terms

• nonmatted
• unmatted

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