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Definition of serried adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

serried

adjective
 
/ˈserid/
 
/ˈserid/
[usually before noun] (literary)
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  1. standing or arranged closely together in rows or lines
    • serried ranks of soldiers
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySerried is used with these nouns:
    • rank
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: past participle of serry ‘press close’, probably from French serré ‘close together’, based on Latin sera ‘lock’.
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