RET (retted, retting)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: retted    , retting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ret mean? 

• RET (verb)
  The verb RET has 1 sense:

1. place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

  Familiarity information: RET used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ret    ... he / she / it rets   
Past simple: retted   
Past participle: retted   
-ing form: retting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ret" is one way to...):

douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something