RET
- to expose to moisture [v RETTED, RETTING, RETS]
- to soak in order to loosen the fiber from the woody tissue [v RETS, RETTED, RETTING]
- 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
- to soak (as flax) to loosen the fiber from the woody tissue
- become retted