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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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POS
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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Adjective
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mat has 7 senses

Verb mat has 2 senses

Adjective mat has 1 sense

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CIDE DICTIONARY
mat, n. [Cf. Matte.].
     A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.  [1913 Webster]
mat, a. [OF. See 4th Mate.].
     Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.  [1913 Webster]
    "When he saw them so piteous and so maat."  [1913 Webster]
mat, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.].
  •  A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.  [1913 Webster]
Mat grass. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta). (b) Same as Matweed. -- Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.
mat, v. t. 
  •  To cover or lay with mats.  Evelyn.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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."  [1913 Webster]
mat, v. i. 
     To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted.  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
mat, n. & v.
--n.
1 a piece of coarse material for wiping shoes on, esp. a doormat.
2 a piece of cork, rubber, plastic, etc., to protect a surface from the heat or moisture of an object placed on it.
3 a piece of resilient material for landing on in gymnastics, wrestling, etc.
4 a piece of coarse fabric of plaited rushes, straw, etc., for lying on, packing furniture, etc.
5 a small rug.
--v. (matted, matting)
1 a tr. (esp. as matted adj.) entangle in a thick mass (matted hair). b intr. become matted.
2 tr. cover or furnish with mats.

Idiom
on the mat sl. being reprimanded (orig. in the army, on the orderly-room mat before the commanding officer).
mat, var. of MATT.

mat, n. = MATRIX 1.

Etymology
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THESAURUS

mat

achromatic, achromic, agora, air mattress, amphitheater, anemic, arena, ashen, ashy, athletic field, auditorium, background, barrier, bear garden, bedding, bled white, blind, bloodless, bolster, bowl, boxing ring, braid, brattice, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bull ring, bumper, cadaverous, campus, canvas, carpet, carpeting, chloranemic, circus, cloison, cockpit, coliseum, collision mat, colorless, colosseum, course, crop, cushion, dead, deaden, deadened, deadly pale, deathly pale, diaphragm, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, doormat, drab, drop cloth, duckboards, dull, enlace, entwine, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, faded, faint, fallow, fender, field, flat, fleece, floor, floorboards, flooring, forum, ghastly, gray, ground, ground cloth, ground-sheet, gym, gymnasium, haggard, hall, head, head of hair, hippodrome, hueless, hypochromic, innerspring mattress, interknit, interlace, interseptum, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, lackluster, leaden, lifeless, lists, locale, locks, loom, loop, lurid, lusterless, mane, marketplace, mattress, mealy, midriff, midsection, milieu, mop, muddy, muted, net, neutral, noose, open forum, pad, palaestra, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallet, pallid, panel, parade ground, paries, partition, party wall, pasty, pave, pavement, pillow, pit, place, plait, platform, pleach, precinct, prize ring, property line, public square, purlieu, raddle, range, ring, rug, sallow, scene, scene of action, scenery, separation, septulum, septum, setting, shag, shock, shock pad, sickly, site, sleeping bag, somber, sphere, splice, springs, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, tallow-faced, terrain, thatch, theater, tiling, tilting ground, tiltyard, tissue, tone down, toneless, tresses, twill, twine, twist, uncolored, underbed, underbedding, walk, wall, wan, washed-out, wattle, waxen, weak, weave, web, welcome mat, whey-faced, white, wreathe, wrestling ring
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mat

Support

N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

Crossing

N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.

VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.

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