massed 1 of 2

adjective

as in pressed

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verb

past tense of mass
as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range

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Recent Examples of massed
Adjective
China’s military has unveiled a combat drone converted from a Soviet–era fighter jet, a development that could enable massed drone attacks in any future conflict over Taiwan. — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Joint Force seeks a cost-effective, theater-range, massed, and modular Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to provide a flexible, operationally-responsive, risk-tolerant option in the air domain. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026 Thousands of demonstrators massed across South African cities, venting anger at undocumented foreign nationals. — Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026 Russian sage tolerates dry soils, too, once established and is beautiful massed or used as edging. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 June 2026 Even hours after the attack, plumes of black smoke massed along the Moscow skyline - and all four of the city's airports suspended operations for much of the day. — Charles Maynes, NPR, 18 June 2026 The King, 77, led members of his family in taking in the sights and cheers of the crowd massed below as Trooping the Colour had its grand finale on Saturday, June 13. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 Thousands more were massed outside the gates. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Soldiers massed around Central, crossing rifles to prevent the Black students, who would soon be immortalized as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the grounds. — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026 The nectar plants should be massed together in groups of three and five by color. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massed
  1. pressed
  2. accumulated
  3. crushed
  4. gathered
  5. overcrowded
  6. serried
  7. wall-to-wall
  8. dense
Adjective
  • Food and drink You’ll be hard-pressed to find more atmospheric places to eat in Bloomsbury than at Ottie’s Salon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • Without that connection, Newsom would have been hard-pressed to begin what became a lucrative business career.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of pressed
Verb
  • Once more than 20 feet deep in some areas, Lake Jesup today is barely six feet deep as muck and other debris have accumulated on the bottom.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • The GEnx-2B has accumulated 24 million hours since entering service in 2011 on the Boeing 747-8.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
Definition of accumulated
Adjective
  • Four Tet’s sense for sound design shines from crushed 8-bit drums to the hypnotic handpan grooves and sharp synth melodies.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 19 July 2026
  • The noodles are soft and mixed with bean sprouts, egg and crushed peanuts.
    — Justin Brown, AJC.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of crushed
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Monopol reported that VAU had gathered support from 107 artists, including Renate Bertlmann, Ernst Caramelle, Jakob Lena Knebl, and Eva Schlegel, to launch a fair to fill this gap.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026
  • Two weeks after Sayveon’s disappearance, family, friends, and his Kroger co-workers gathered at Forest Hills Park in Charlottesville.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Definition of gathered
Adjective
  • The service is exemplary, and the mansion was far from overcrowded on Friday night.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • Concerns over English Channel crossings in overcrowded inflatable boats has helped propel the anti-immigration Reform UK party to victory in recent local and regional elections that led Labour to oust Starmer as leader.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of overcrowded
Adjective
  • The roads of New Orleans are cluttered with serried ranks of billboards touting the services of personal-injury lawyers.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • New York must do better than its usual serried towers and clunky blocks; a new cast of leaders can look abroad to figure out how.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of serried
Adjective
  • Yet, the deadline again will be one of the biggest days on baseball’s calendar, a bazaar with such overwhelming fan and media interest that the wall-to-wall coverage begins months in advance.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • For semifinals with a polished Wynwood backdrop, Upside pairs wall-to-wall match viewing with cocktail specials and a menu built for sharing.
    — Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of wall-to-wall
Adjective
  • At the same time, the bath shouldn’t be tucked so deeply into dense landscaping that predators can hide nearby.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
  • With consistent use, many people also notice that regrowing hair becomes finer and less dense, making epilators an appealing alternative for anyone looking to stretch the time between hair removal sessions.
    — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 17 July 2026
Definition of dense

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