Ret
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɛt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ret is a verb meaning Abbreviation of retired.
Meaning
Abbreviation of retired.
More Meanings
- (printing, historical) Clipping of reiteration.
- (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
Example Sentences
the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
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
Word Forms
- rets
- retting
- retted
- retd
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include steep, pir, dec, ter, dev, retreat.
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