[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mat \mat\, v. t. imp.  p. p. matted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   matting.
   1. to cover or lay with mats. --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   2. to twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or
      like, a mat; to entangle.
      1913 webster

            and o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
matted matting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

matted \mat"ted\, a. see matte.
   having a dull surface; lusterless; unburnished; same as
   matte; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.
   1913 webster

   matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull
      ground.
      1913 webster
see also:
matte matte matted glass 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

matted \mat"ted\, a. see 3d mat.
   1. covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.
      1913 webster

   2. tangled closely together; having its parts adhering
      closely together; as, matted hair.
      1913 webster
see also:
mat 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

entangled \entangled\ adj.
   1. in a confused mass. contrasted with untangled. narrower
      terms: afoulpostnominal, foul, fouled; knotted,
      snarled, snarly; matted; rootbound; intertwined

   syn: tangled.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
      entangled in the conflict.

   syn: embroiled.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
      ensnared.
      wordnet 1.5
see also:
untangled afoulpostnominal, foul, fouled knotted, snarled, snarly matted rootbound intertwined 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

mat
     adj : not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
           photograph with a matte finish" syn: flat, matt, matte,
            matted
     n 1: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
     2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
        syn: matting
     3: sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on
        the floor for gymnastic sports syn: gym mat
     4: a master's degree in teaching syn: master of arts in
        teaching
     5: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking
        highlights or gloss syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness,
         matt, matte
     6: a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from
        an object placed on it
     v 1: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "the child
          entangled the cord" syn: entangle, tangle, snarl
          ant: disentangle, disentangle
     2: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "the
        fabric felted up after several washes" syn: felt, felt
        up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte
     also: matting, matted
see also:
flat matt matte matted matting gym mat 
master of arts in teaching flatness lusterlessness lustrelessness entangle 
tangle snarl disentangle felt felt up 
mat up matt-up matte up 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

matted
     adj 1: tangled in a dense mass; "tried to push through the matted
            undergowth"
     2: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
        photograph with a matte finish" syn: flat, mat, matt,
         matte
see also:
flat mat matt matte 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

matted
     see mat
see also:
mat 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 moby thesaurus words for "matted":
   byzantine, balled up, bristly, bushy, cirrose, complex,
   complicated, confounded, confused, convoluted, crabbed, daedal,
   devious, disheveled, elaborate, embrangled, entangled, fleecy,
   flocculent, fouled up, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid,
   implicated, intricate, involuted, involved, knotted, labyrinthian,
   labyrinthine, lanate, loused up, many-faceted, mazy, meandering,
   messed up, mixed up, mucked up, multifarious, mussed up, perplexed,
   pilose, pubescent, ramified, roundabout, ruffled, rumpled,
   screwed up, shagged, shaggy, snaggy, snarled, subtle, tangled,
   tangly, tousled, tously, tumbled, twisted, uncombed, unshorn,
   woolly

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