matted

verb

past tense of mat
1
as in brightened

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2
as in shoved

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matted
  1. brightened
  2. shoved
  3. dimmed
  4. squashed
  5. lightened
  6. crowded
  7. bleached
  8. squeezed
Verb
  • Kristin opened her mouth a little, not to speak, and the angel brightened, and the man’s voice got farther away.
    — Gabriel Winslow-Yost, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • Much of the route ran beside a long wall covered in street art, which brightened the otherwise industrial surroundings.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of brightened
Verb
  • Rhodes escaped and shoved Punk shoulder-first into the steel ring steps.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The victim, 60-year-old Shukur Aikebaer, was taken during a power outage, shoved into a Nissan Altima trunk as his wife and daughter remained inside.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of shoved
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  • Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Daulton Varsho's hopes for a massive free-agency payday, once projected at over $100 million, have dimmed significantly due to injuries and inconsistent offensive production this season.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Love curated these parties to create a space where patrons don’t have to worry about their drink getting spiked, getting groped in the crowd, or their light being dimmed in any way, Love said.
    — Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Definition of dimmed
Verb
  • The scant few remaining Arm compatibility concerns revolve around old printers and proprietary apps, but these have been all but squashed for the average user.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • In one montage played for laughs, an emperor is squashed by a panda and a king is beheaded, although there is no blood or guts to speak of.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of squashed
Verb
  • Almost every area of the AMR26 has been refined or lightened.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Yamamoto’s gem not only set up the Dodgers for the win but also lightened the load on a bullpen tasked with covering Game 2.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of lightened
Verb
  • Train stations in Morocco’s capital, Rabat, and in the country’s largest city, Casablanca, were crowded with people trying to travel to the border with Ceuta.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Listeners crowded her Thursday Airbnb set all the way from the stage into the street.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowded
Verb
  • Their typically bright coral feathers were white, as if they had been bleached.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • When Billie gets there, the stables have been washed down and bleached to be rid of Noah’s blood.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of bleached
Verb
  • Tournament football isn’t generally conducive to pressing, with so many matches squeezed into such a short window, and without the cohesion that comes from club sides training together for months.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of squeezed
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