English Explanatory Dictionary

ret

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of retired.
noun
  1. Clipping of reiteration.
noun
  1. Initialism of road equivalent tariff.
  2. Initialism of rational emotive therapy.

Pronunciation

/ɹɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ret.wav

Word forms

ret rets retting retted ret. retd

Etymology

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.

Derived words

dewret retter rettery
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