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ELT¹

noun ELTs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of emergency locator transmitter
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of euglobulin lysis time
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of English language teaching

verb

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of extract, load, transform.

elt²

Rhymes with -ɛlt

Where it comes from

From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Danish ælte (“to knead”), Swedish älta (“to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead”), Norwegian elte (“to knead”), Norwegian elta (“to pursue, plod”), Icelandic elta (“to chase”).

verb elts · elting · elted

  1. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly. Du's eltin dat creature to death, boy!?
  2. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear. Whin shü cam oot an fann me dere Wi peenie fairlins eltit.

    Similar: befoul, soil, stain, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, begrime

  3. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
  4. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive To meddle; interfere.
  5. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
  6. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.

elt³

Rhymes with -ɛlt

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noun elts

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of element

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@misc{elt_2026,
  title = {elt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}