serried

English

Verb

serried

1. simple past and past participle of serry

Adjective

serried (comparative more serried, superlative most serried)

1. 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 [John] 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