massed 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of massednext
as in pressed

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massed

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verb

past tense of mass
as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range

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  1. accumulated
  2. gathered
  3. overcrowded
  4. serried
  5. wall-to-wall
  6. dense
Verb
  • The collection, which was originally accumulated between 1893 and 1910 by hotel proprietor, Ludvig Emil Andersen, features 42 figureheads and carved ornaments all hand-carved from solid mahogany.
    Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In the middle of the nineteenth century, filth of every kind accumulated on the streets of New York.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of accumulated
Verb
  • Academic research should be gathered and summarized, ensuring that recommendations are well-supported by empirical evidence.
    James Broughel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The exhibition’s preview gathered a glitzy crowd with Honor Swinton Byrne, Phoebe Philo’s daughter Maya Wigram, Simone Ashley and Daniel Levy in attendance.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of gathered
Adjective
  • Roasted cauliflower can quickly become soggy and mushy if the pan is overcrowded.
    Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In South Sudan and Uganda, where refugee camps are often overcrowded and firewood resources are limited, Wonderbags have eased tensions between communities.
    Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of overcrowded
Adjective
  • In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
Definition of serried
Adjective
  • How did Kornacki become famous? Kornacki became somewhat of an internet star during the 2020 presidential election with his wall-to-wall election coverage as ballot-counting lasted for days in crucial battleground states.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The cable news networks will have wall-to-wall coverage throughout the day, while Amazon Prime Video will begin its coverage at 5 p.m. EST.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of wall-to-wall
Adjective
  • States with less dense populations tend to have less traffic, and people in rural communities often live closer to their jobs than those commuting to a city or taking an hourlong subway ride to work, Search Logistics found.
    Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
  • In the app, the Wildfire Smoke Layer shows where smoke from those fires drifts and how dense that smoke is.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of dense
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