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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