6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mat  \Mat\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Matted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Matting}.] 
  1.  To  cover  or  lay  with  mats.  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  To  twist,  twine,  or  felt  together;  to  interweave  into  or 
  like  a  mat;  to  entangle. 
 
  And  o'er  his  eyebrows  hung  his  matted  hair. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mat  \Mat\,  v.  i. 
  To  grow  thick  together;  to  become  interwoven  or  felted 
  together  like  a  mat. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mat  \Mat\,  n.  [Cf.  {Matte}.] 
  A  name  given  by  coppersmiths  to  an  alloy  of  copper,  tin, 
  iron,  etc.,  usually  called  white  metal.  [Written  also 
  {matt}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mat  \Mat\,  a.  [OF.  See  4th  {Mate}.] 
  Cast  down  dejected;  overthrown;  slain.  [Obs.] 
 
  When  he  saw  them  so  piteous  and  so  maat.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mat  \Mat\,  n.  [AS.  matt,  meatt,  fr  L.  matta  a  mat  made  of 
  rushes.] 
  1.  A  fabric  of  sedge,  rushes,  flags,  husks,  straw,  hemp,  or 
  similar  material,  used  for  wiping  and  cleaning  shoes  at 
  the  door,  for  covering  the  floor  of  a  hall  or  room  and 
  for  other  purposes. 
 
  2.  Any  similar  fabric  for  various  uses,  as  for  covering  plant 
  houses,  putting  beneath  dishes  or  lamps  on  a  table, 
  securing  rigging  from  friction,  and  the  like 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  4.  An  ornamental  border  made  of  paper,  pasterboard,  metal, 
  etc.,  put  under  the  glass  which  covers  a  framed  picture; 
  as  the  mat  of  a  daguerreotype. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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:  a  border  or  background  for  a  picture  [syn:  {matting}] 
  3:  a  piece  of  thick  padding  up  on  the  floor  for  gymnastic 
  sports 
  4:  a  master's  degree  in  teaching  [syn:  {Master  of  Arts  in 
  Teaching},  {MAT}] 
  5:  the  property  of  having  little  or  no  contrast  [syn:  {flatness}, 
  {lusterlessness},  {matt},  {matte}] 
  6:  table  linen  for  an  individual  place  setting  [syn:  {place  mat}] 
  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}] 

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