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ELT
Etymology 1
Verb
elt (third-person singular simple present elts, present participle elting, simple past and past participle elted)
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To meddle; interfere.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
elt (plural elts)
(math, computing) Abbreviation of element.
Anagrams
• -let, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., let, tel
Noun
ELT (plural ELTs)
(communication, aviation) Initialism of emergency locator transmitter.
(medicine, physiology) Initialism of euglobulin lysis time.
Initialism of English language teaching.
Anagrams
• -let, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., let, tel
Source: Wiktionary
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