adj
Meaning 1
Abbreviation of retired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ɹɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
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CMU ARPABET: R EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Clipping of reiteration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, historical
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of road equivalent tariff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of rational emotive therapy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
History
Etymology
Abbreviation.
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.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Greek: ε.α. (e.a.) — retired
- Bulgarian: кисна (kisna) — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Czech: máčet — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Dutch: roten — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Finnish: liottaa — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- French: rouir — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Galician: cocer — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- German: rotten — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Greek: μουσκεύω (mouskévo) — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Italian: macerare — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Polish: rosić — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: topiti — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: kiseliti — to soak linen, hemp etc.
- Swedish: röta — to soak linen, hemp etc.