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ree | ret |

As a noun ret is

net.

ree

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rei, reh, reoh, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
  • Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
  • A state of great excitement or frenzy.

    • Verb

  • To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
  • To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

    • Etymology 3

    Compare (riddle) a sieve.

    Verb

  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
    • (Mortimer)
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    ret

    English

    Etymology 1

    Precise origin uncertain; perhaps related to Middle Dutch ).

    Verb

    (rett)
  • To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
  • * 1989 , (Keith Bosley), translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala , XLVIII:
    • the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
  • * 2006 , (Thomas Pynchon), Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 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

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • retired

    • Anagrams

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