MATTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does matted mean? 

• MATTED (adjective)
  The adjective MATTED has 2 senses:

1. tangled in a dense mass

2. not reflecting light; not glossy

  Familiarity information: MATTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tangled in a dense mass

Context example:

tried to push through the matted undergrowth

Similar:

tangled (in a confused mass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not reflecting light; not glossy

Synonyms:

flat; mat; matt; matte; matted

Context example:

a photograph with a matte finish

Similar:

dull (emitting or reflecting very little light)

 Context examples 

The hair of this man was long and matted, and his head slanted back under it from the eyes.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

No, no; the end is matted.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Don't you be scared, my bonnie boy," said Lord John, patting the matted head in front of him.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My slippers were thin: I could walk the matted floor as softly as a cat.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Their breath came quick and hoarse, and their beautiful coats were matted with moisture.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Not a word would our captive say, but he glared at us from the shadow of his matted hair, and once, when my hand seemed within his reach, he snapped at it like a hungry wolf.

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

At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; but by little and little the hill began to steepen and become stony under foot, and the wood to change its character and to grow in a more open order.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Next to him sat Hordle John, and beside him three other rough unkempt fellows with tangled beards and matted hair—free laborers from the adjoining farms, where small patches of freehold property had been suffered to remain scattered about in the heart of the royal demesne.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His body was all matted with black hair, out of which jungle we picked the wandering tick before it had bitten him.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted with dried blood where Hal’s club had bruised him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)