the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
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Ret
Synonyms for "ret" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
14 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- кисна verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Czech
1 entries- máčet verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Dutch
1 entries- roten verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Finnish
1 entries- liottaa verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
French
1 entries- rouir verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Galician
1 entries- cocer verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
German
1 entries- rotten verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Greek
2 entries- ε.α. adj (retired)
- μουσκεύω verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Italian
1 entries- macerare verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Polish
1 entries- rosić verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kiseliti verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
- topiti verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Swedish
1 entries- röta verb (to soak linen, hemp etc.)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring
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