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serried - What does it mean?

Definition of 'serried'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • crowded together in rows
  • *1899 ,
  • *:Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.
  • *1912 ,
  • *:They have, in the security of their sumptuous offices, behind stout mill gates and serried rows of bayonets and policemen's clubs, defied the State, city, and public.
  • *1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 45:
  • *:The Murris in their serried invisible ranks crowd around her.
  • Usage notes

    *Used especially of ranks of troops.

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