Meanings
present singular third person serries · participle present serrying · participle past serried · past serried
- datedliterarypoeticTo crowd, press together, or close (rank)
thrive the serried flocks and herds.
1921, Alice Meynell, “Summer in England, 1914”, in Poems1 more example
High shoulders, low shoulders, broad shoulders, narrow ones, Round, square, and angular, serry and shove
1904, William Ernest Henley, “Clinical”, in Poems
Origin
- Latinsera“a bar, bolt”
- Late Latinserare“fasten, bolt”
- Vulgar Latin*serrare“close, shut”
- Old Frenchserrer
- Middle Frenchserrer
- Frenchserré
- Englishserry
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”).
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serry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serry
“serry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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