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MATTE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Example:
The fabric felted up after several washes
Synonyms:
felt; felt up; mat; mat up; matt-up; matte; matte up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "matte up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
