English Explanatory Dictionary

ELT

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of emergency locator transmitter.
  2. Initialism of euglobulin lysis time.
  3. Initialism of English language teaching.
verb
  1. Initialism of extract, load, transform.
verb
  1. To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
  2. To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
  3. To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
  4. To meddle; interfere.
  5. To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
  6. To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of element.

Word forms

ELT ELTs elting elted

Etymology

From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Danish ælte (“to knead”), Swedish älta (“to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead”), Norwegian elte (“to knead”), Norwegian elta (“to pursue, plod”), Icelandic elta (“to chase”).

Synonyms

befoul soil stain assoil beclart bedaub bedirty imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth begrime beray beshit besmear besmirch besully bewray blacken blot blur clat contaminate darken defile dirten dirty elt file foil foul gunk gunk up inquinate scunge sling mud slotter slur smear smirch smudge smut smutch soss sowl spot sullow sully tarnish uggle

Related words

PLB EPIRB E911
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