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MATTE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does matte up mean?
• MATTE UP (verb)
The verb MATTE UP has 1 sense:
1. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Familiarity information: MATTE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
felt; felt up; mat; mat up; matt-up; matte; matte up
Context example:
The fabric felted up after several washes
Hypernyms (to "matte up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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