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matted
[mat-id] 
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matted
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tangled |
| Synonyms: | disordered, kinky, knotted, rumpled, snarled, tousled, twisted, uncombed |
| Antonyms: | unknotted, untangled |
| Main Entry: | mat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make interwoven mass |
| Synonyms: | entangle, interweave, pad, twist |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build |
| Synonyms: | assemble, back, border, constitute, construct, encase, enclose, erect, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, institute, invent, lath, make, manufacture, mat, model, mold, mount, panel, produce, put together, raise, set up, shingle |
| Antonyms: | destroy, raze |
| Main Entry: | kinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | twisted |
| Synonyms: | coiled, crimped, curled, curly, frizzled, frizzy, knotted, matted, matty, rolled, tangled |
| Notes: | quirky means strikingly unconventional or given to idiosyncrasies; kinky means showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes - or in small tight curls |
| Antonyms: | straight, unkinked, untwisted |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knot, complicate |
| Synonyms: | catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up, muck up, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, unite; contrive |
| Synonyms: | braid, build, careen, complect, complicate, compose, construct, create, criss-cross, crochet, cue, entwine, fabricate, fold, fuse, incorporate, interfold, interlace, interlink, intermingle, intertwine, introduce, knit, knot, loop, lurch, make, make up, manufacture, mat, merge, mesh, move in and out, net, piece together, plait, ply, put together, reticulate, sew, snake, spin, splice, twine, twist, twist and turn, whip through, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | framed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surrounded by a frame |
| Synonyms: | bordered, clasped, compassed, confined, encased, encircled, enclosed, enveloped, fringed, girdled, matted, mounted, outlined, wrapped, wreathed |
| Main Entry: | grassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grass-grown |
| Synonyms: | carpeted, grasslike, green, lawnlike, lush, matted, reedy, sedgy, sodded, sowed, tangled, turfy, verdant |
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