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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mat \Mat\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Matted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matting}.]
1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn.
2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mat \Mat\ (m[a^]t), noun [Cf. {Matte}.] A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also {matt}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mat \Mat\, adjective [OF. See 4th {Mate}.] Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.]
When he saw them so piteous and so maat. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mat \Mat\, verb (used without an object) To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted. [1913 Webster +PJC] Matabele
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mat \Mat\, noun [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]
1. A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
{Mat grass}. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}). (b) Same as {Matweed}.
{Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used in England for making mats.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: {flat}, {mat}, {matt}, {matte}, {matted}]
noun
1: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: {mat}, {matting}]
3: sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports [syn: {mat}, {gym mat}]
4: a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass"
5: a master's degree in teaching [syn: {Master of Arts in Teaching}, {MAT}]
6: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: {flatness}, {lusterlessness}, {lustrelessness}, {mat}, {matt}, {matte}]
7: a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
verb
1: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: {entangle}, {tangle}, {mat}, {snarl}] [ant: {disentangle}, {straighten out}, {unsnarl}]
2: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: {felt}, {felt up}, {mat up}, {matt-up}, {matte up}, {matte}, {mat}]
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