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massed

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vb. (en-past of: mass)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mass \Mass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Massed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Massing .] To celebrate Mass. [Obs.] --Hooker.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A massed choir of anti-cuts protesters drowns speeches. ▪ Instead, the pitch was taken over by massed Southend fans demanding the resignation of chairman Vic Jobson. ▪ It was a symbolic moment, duly captured and enshrined ...

Usage examples of massed.

He was an artillerist, you know, and he always prepared his attacks with a massed bombardment.

The top of the shaft was battlemented, and she caught splashes of color between the teeth of the stone scarps, as if flowers were massed there and spilling blossoms against the whiteness of the tower.

Beyond the battle, more than a bowshot from where Harald watched, twelve hundred men, the massed levy of three provinces, sat their horses while riders hurried up and down the line.

Up the slope of the mountain the scrub is less, and massed burrawangs hang out their fronds as if to repel the wanderer.

Indian student, has in it a wealth of insight and an understanding of the balanced conduct of life which is wanting in a good many of the Western interpretations of life, but none the less, things must be judged by their massed outcome and the massed outcome of Eastern Pantheism does not commend itself.

Never has Recluce had more than a handful, and that handful will not be enough to prevail against the massed order of the grand fleet-when the time comes.

As the Greek salpinx blared, the hoplites sprinted through the gravel straight at the enemy lines in a massed charge worthy of Plataea.

And out towards the sea, a long, low grey horizon, isles like Grain and Sheppey, more mud and a choppy vista of grey-brown water, its surface massed with coasting boats and fishermen, dotted with bigger ships anchored or snugged down to wait the tide and possibly a fairer wind.

He stood before a wall of gates, rather like the transfer platform, but before him, to the right, to the left, even above, were massed arrays of conical vats, each transparent and filled with a liquid, some cloudy, others transparent, representing a full spectrum of colours.

From the foot of the hill they heard faint cheering, and the massed troops swarmed forward towards the walls.

Dhoone survivors were still unhoused and scattered, yet it was only a matter of time before they massed for a strike against Bludd.

Massed greenery shone behind these cliffs of untinted glass, so that it looked as if the city were rimmed by enormous terrariums.

The bees on the comb moved closer together, into a ball, and the ones,on the outside began gently to fan their wings for the proper circulation of heat from the massed bodies of the bees.

Flames, smoke and ranging bees forced the people in the ice cream parlour out into the street, where the massed bees hovered.

The high priest of Siva stood between them, while massed in a half-circle behind them stood the nobles of the house of Bharata Rahon and the glittering warriors, who were their retainers.