serry

Meaning

Verb

• To crowd; to press together.

Origin

• 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, akin to Latin serere. Compare French serrer ("to tighten") and Spanish cerrar ("to shut, close"). See serries.