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retar

retar verb: to provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.

Verb

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

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

Forms of retar

third-person singular presentretars
present participleretarring
past participleretarred
pastretarred

Origin of retar

From re- + tar.

Questions about retar

What does retar mean?
Retar means to provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.
What part of speech is retar?
Retar is a verb.
What is the past tense of retar?
The past tense of retar is retarred.

Words near retar in the dictionary

  1. retaping
  2. retapings
  3. retapped
  4. retapping
  5. retaps
  6. retar
  7. retarc
  8. retarcs
  9. retard
  10. retard strength
  11. retardable

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