serried

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English

Verb

serried

simple past and past participle of serry

Adjective

serried (comparative more serried, superlative most serried)

Crowded together in rows.
- 1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part II:
  Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.
- 1912, Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence, Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence:
  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.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100:
  Although Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 45:
  The Murris in their serried invisible ranks crowd around her.

Usage notes

Used especially of ranks of troops.

Derived terms

close-serried

Translations

crowded together in rows

Bulgarian: сгъстен (bg) (sgǎsten)
Russian: со́мкнутый (ru) m (sómknutyj)

Anagrams

Reiders, Rieders, desirer, redries, resider

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