ret
pronunciation
How to pronounce ret in British English:
UK [ret]
How to pronounce ret in American English:
US [ret]
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- Verb:
- of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue
Word Origin
- ret (v.)
- "to soak stems of fibrous plants (flax, hemp, jute, etc.) to soften them," mid-15c., probably from Middle Dutch roten (or an unrecorded cognate Old Norse word that is related to Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta, Danish røde); considered to be related to Old English rotian "to rot" (see rot (v.)), but the vowel is difficult.
Example
- 1. Ret market continue bullish no chance to get same rate presently .
- 2. We ret we are unable to accept your proposal .
- 3. A pedigr ee study of medullary thyroid carcinoma caused by mutation of ret proto-oncogene .
- 4. Analysis of ret gene rearrangements and forms in papillary thyroid carcinomas ( ptc ) of a chinese population .
- 5. Keep close monitor to market trend and keep close contact with dealers and ret ailing agency .