Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mat
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1. 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. Phrases and idioms on the mat sl. being reprimanded (orig. in the army, on the orderly-room mat before the commanding officer). Etymology: OE m(e)att(e) f. WG f. LL matta 2. var. of MATT. 3. n. = MATRIX 1. Etymology: abbr.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin ~ta, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew miṭṭāh bed Date: before 12th century 1. a. a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support, a piece of ~erial placed at a door for wiping soiled shoe soles, a decorative piece of ~erial used under a small item (as a dish) especially for support or protection, a large thick pad or cushion used as a surface for wrestling, tumbling, and gymnastics, something made up of densely tangled or adhering filaments or strands especially of organic ~ter , a large slab usually of reinforced concrete used as the supporting base of a building, II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1549 transitive verb to provide with a ~ or ~ting, 2. to form into a tangled mass , to pack down so as to form a dense mass, intransitive verb to become ~ted, III. transitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1602 to make (as a metal, glass, or color) ~te, to provide (a picture) with a ~, see: ~te V. noun see: ~te Date: 1845 a border going around a picture between picture and frame or serving as the frame, VI. noun Date: 1904 ~rix 2a ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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