Definition of Ret

1. Verb. Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue.

Generic synonyms: Douse, Dowse, Drench, Soak, Sop, Souse

Definition of Ret

1. v. t. See Aret.

2. v. t. To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment.

Definition of Ret

1. to soak in order to loosen the fiber from the woody tissue [v RETTED, RETTING, RETS]

Medical Definition of Ret

1. A human oncogene, encoding a receptor tyrosine kinase. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ret

resynthesis
resynthesize
resynthesized
resynthesizes
resynthesizing
resystematize
resystematized
resystematizes
resystematizing
res adjudicata
res gestae
res ipsa loquitur
res judicata
res publica
ret (current term)
ret (current term)
retable
retables
retack
retacked
retacking
retackle
retackled
retackles
retackling
retacks
retag
retagged
retagging
retags

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