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Ret

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of retired. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of reiteration. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, historical
  2. 2
    Initialism of road equivalent tariff. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of rational emotive therapy. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem. transitive

    "the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […]."

  2. 2
    place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (“to make mellow or soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (“to tear; rend; rip”). Related to rot.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

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