How to pronounce ret

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What ret means

verb

To soak flax or hemp so its fibers come loose from the stalk

In a sentence: Long ago, farmers would ret their flax in a pond for a week or two.

Where it comes from: It comes from Middle English. It may be related to the word rot, and goes back to an old word meaning to make soft.

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