matt-up

• Verbo que significa enredarse o formar una masa densa y entrelazada, especialmente en referencia al pelo o a materiales fibrosos.

An obsolete verb meaning to become matted or tangled, or to form a dense, tangled mass.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. Become matted or felt-likeinformal

   To change texture so as to become tangled, matted, and felt-like, often referring to hair or fabric.

   Apelmazarse

   • The dog's fur started to matt-up after playing in the mud.
   • If you don't brush your hair regularly, it will matt-up.
   • The wool fibers began to matt-up after being washed in hot water.

   Sinónimosclotentanglefeltknotsnarltangle