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- [ret]
- /rɛt/
- /ret/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ret]
- /rɛt/
Definitions of ret word
- verb with object ret to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting. 1
- verb ret to moisten or soak (flax, hemp, jute, etc) to promote bacterial action in order to facilitate separation of the fibres from the woody tissue by beating 0
- verb transitive ret to dampen or soak (flax, hemp, timber, etc.) in water in order to separate the fibers from the woody tissue 0
- abbreviation RET retail 0
- abbreviation RET retain 0
- abbreviation RET retired 0
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Origin of ret
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English reten, retten; cognate with Dutch reten (compare Dutch roten, German rössen, Swedish röta); akin to rot
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Parts of speech for Ret
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ret popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ret usage trend in Literature
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