Author: Ángel Serrano

filăre

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[ˈfiləɾe]

1. transitive verb To sharpen, to whet, to grind, to put an edge on (something), to put a point on (a pencil).

2. transitive verb To spin (to make thread from cotton, etc.).

Etymology: From fil plus derivative suffix -re.

ret

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[ret]

1. adjective Straight (not bent).

Etymology: From Latin rectus.

2. adjective Rhaetian (from or related to the area where Rhaeto-Romance languages are spoken).

Etymology: From Latin Rhaeticus via *Rhaetus.