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fret
1[ fret ]
verb (used without object)
- to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:
Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
Synonyms: ,
- to cause corrosion; gnaw into something:
acids that fret at the strongest metals.
- to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.:
The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
- to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed by away ):
Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.
- to move in agitation or commotion, as water:
water fretting over the stones of a brook.
verb (used with object)
- to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex:
You mustn't fret yourself about that.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.:
the ocean fretting its shores.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- to form or make by wearing away a substance:
The river had fretted an underground passage.
- to agitate (water):
Strong winds were fretting the channel.
fret
2[ fret ]
noun
- an interlaced, angular design; fretwork.
- an angular design of bands within a border.
- Heraldry. a charge composed of two diagonal strips interlacing with and crossing at the center of a mascle.
- a piece of decoratively pierced work placed in a clock case to deaden the sound of the mechanism.
verb (used with object)
- to ornament with a fret or fretwork.
fret
3[ fret ]
noun
- any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points.
verb (used with object)
- to provide with frets.
fret
1/ ڰɛ /
verb
- to distress or be distressed; worry
- to rub or wear away
- to irritate or be irritated; feel or give annoyance or vexation
- to eat away or be eaten away by chemical action; corrode
- intr (of a road surface) to become loose so that potholes develop; scab
- to agitate (water) or (of water) to be agitated
- tr to make by wearing away; erode
noun
- a state of irritation or anxiety
- the result of fretting; corrosion
- a hole or channel caused by fretting
fret
2/ ڰɛ /
noun
- a repetitive geometrical figure, esp one used as an ornamental border
- such a pattern made in relief and with numerous small openings; fretwork
- heraldry a charge on a shield consisting of a mascle crossed by a saltire
verb
- tr to ornament with fret or fretwork
fret
3/ ڰɛ /
noun
- any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers
fret
4/ ڰɛ /
noun
- short for sea fret
Derived Forms
- ˈڰٱ, adjective
- ˈڰٱ, adjective
Other 51Թs From
- ڰt noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fret1
Origin of fret2
Origin of fret3
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fret1
Origin of fret2
Origin of fret3
Example Sentences
Some senior Labour figures fret privately that their talk of "missions" and a "Plan for Change" might seem puny to many in comparison with the scale of that challenge.
Like many anxious parents, Beth Spektor spent the last few weeks fretting over how to protect her infant daughter from the first deadly measles outbreak to hit the U.S. in a decade.
Undoubtedly the prospect of millions of Americans fretting about where they can afford to safely go for a summer holiday bothers him not at all.
He fretted as Trump declared Feb. 9 to be Gulf of America Day, saying it was part of restoring “American pride in the history of American greatness,” and as the U.S.
Then you chuck in all that obsessing over being single, and Bridget's fretting over her calorie intake.
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