retar

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verb

To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.

OriginEnglish tar ← Middle English ter ← Old English teoru →
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Meanings

verbretar (third-person singular simple present retars, present participle retarring, simple past and past participle retarred)

present singular third person retars · participle present retarring · participle past retarred · past retarred

  1. transitiveTo provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dóru
  7. Proto-Germanic*terwą
  8. Old Englishteoru
  9. Middle Englishter
  10. Englishtar
  11. Englishretar

From re- + tar.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

terraraterartertarre
Cite this entry
APA

retar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retar

MLA

“retar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retar.

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