"serry" meaning in English

See serry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: serries [present, singular, third-person], serrying [participle, present], serried [participle, past], serried [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French serré, past participle of serrer, from Middle French serrer, from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin *serrare (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serare (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“a bar, bolt”), akin to Latin serere (“to join or bind together”). Compare French serrer (“to tighten”) and Spanish cerrar (“to shut, close”). See serries. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (bind)}}, {{bor|en|fr|serré}} French serré, {{der|en|frm|serrer}} Middle French serrer, {{der|en|fro|serrer}} Old French serrer, {{der|en|VL.|*serrare||close, shut}} Vulgar Latin *serrare (“close, shut”), {{der|en|LL.|serare||fasten, bolt}} Late Latin serare (“fasten, bolt”), {{der|en|la|sera|t=a bar, bolt}} Latin sera (“a bar, bolt”), {{cog|la|serere|t=to join or bind together}} Latin serere (“to join or bind together”), {{cog|fr|serrer||to tighten}} French serrer (“to tighten”), {{cog|es|cerrar||to shut, close}} Spanish cerrar (“to shut, close”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} serry (third-person singular simple present serries, present participle serrying, simple past and past participle serried)
  1. To crowd; to press together.
    Sense id: en-serry-en-verb-ybgWRyHg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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