English

abbreviation
ret

1. retired

Verb
en-verb|ret|t|ing

1. transitive To prepare (flax etc) for use, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerate|macerating, and other treatment.

#* 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 621:
#*: the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring

Derived terms
retter

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-ret.ogg|audio

Noun
ret

1. lip

Category:Czech nouns

Danish

Etymology 1
From old Norse réttr, old German reht

Adjective
ret

1. straight
2. right, proper
3. rightful
4. plain (in knitting)

Adverb
ret

1. straight
2. rightly, properly
3. rather, quite

Noun
ret

1. right
2. justice
3. law
4. court
5. courtroom
6. right side (e.g. of a fabric)

Etymology 2
From old Norse réttr, old German richte

Noun
ret

1. dish, course

Category:Danish adjectives
Category:Danish adverbs
Category:Danish nouns

de:ret
el:ret
fr:ret
gl:ret
io:ret
ku:ret
pl:ret
ru:ret
vi:ret
tr:ret
vo:ret
zh:ret

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