Definitions for ret

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IPA: /rɛt/

Ret is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in ret (ert).

Definitions for ret

verb (used with object)

  1. 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.

Origin of ret

1400-50; late Middle English reten, retten; cognate with Dutch reten (compare Dutch roten, German rössen, Swedish röta); akin to rot

Examples for ret

reticence, ret′i-sens, n. concealment by silence: reserve in speech—also ret′icency.

retinol, ret′i-nol, n. a hydro-carbon oil used in printers' ink.

The Daily Beast experts Peter Beinart, Nicolle Wallace, Tunku Varadarajan, Christopher Brownfield, Saad Mohseni, ret.

retinue, ret′i-nū, n. the body of retainers who follow a person of rank: a suite: a cortege.

Dis heah coat and weskit nuver did you no favor anyways—I hear Miss Marg'ret talkin' 'bout it de fust time you ever put 'em on.

Sonig say, 'Tomorrow we be friendry and we ret those two go for another wawrk in the woods.

retina, ret′i-na, n. the innermost coating of the eye, consisting of a fine network of optic nerves.

"She's by far the sweetest child you've got, Marg'ret," she said to Mrs. Underhill.

If you grow some flax, you can ret it also and remove the fiber.

As the Navy and Marines arrive in Haiti to bring relief, ret.

Word Value for ret
Scrable

3

Words with friends

3

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