(...or they conceal it, if they do)
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SERRIED

PRONUNCIATION: (SER-eed)

MEANING: adjective: Arranged close together, often in a line.

ETYMOLOGY: Past participle of obsolete serry (to press close together), from French serré (pressed together), past participle of serrer (to press close), from Latin serrare (to lock), from sera (bolt, bar). Earliest documented use: 1667.
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SURRIED - fit for a fringe on the top

SE RIER - French for "to laugh at oneself"

SORRIED - slid over an opponent's piece in a board game, sending it back to start