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MAT UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mat up mean? 

MAT UP (verb)
  The verb MAT UP has 1 sense:

1. change texture so as to become matted and felt-likeplay

  Familiarity information: MAT UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAT UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

felt; felt up; mat; mat up; matt-up; matte; matte up

Context example:

The fabric felted up after several washes

Hypernyms (to "mat up" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


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