FITTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fitted mean? 

• FITTED (adjective)
  The adjective FITTED has 1 sense:

1. being the right size and shape to fit as desired

  Familiarity information: FITTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FITTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being the right size and shape to fit as desired

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Context example:

he quickly assembled the fitted pieces

Participle:

fit (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)

 Context examples 

She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

We fitted him up with an empty beef tin and he is off.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But someone did come and help her, though Jo did not recognize her good angels at once because they wore familiar shapes and used the simple spells best fitted to poor humanity.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

One fitted to my purpose, you mean—fitted to my vocation.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They really fitted him,—it was his first made- to-order suit,—and he seemed slimmer and better modelled.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You should be fitted for crutches, canes and walkers.

(Mobility Aids, NIH)

A large, deep container that has a narrow mouth, is typically fitted with a handle, and is used to hold liquids.

(Jug, NCI Thesaurus)

It has loose-fitted skin that falls in folds on the head and very long, velvety ears.

(Basset Hound, NCI Thesaurus)

With that the bird let fall the gold chain, and it fell just round the man’s neck, so that it fitted him exactly.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It is an ordinary plumber’s smoke-rocket, fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)