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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 byaway ).
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.Ìıa 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/ ´Ú°ùÉ›³Ù /
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/ ´Ú°ùÉ›³Ù /
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/ ´Ú°ùÉ›³Ù /
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/ ´Ú°ùÉ›³Ù /
noun
short for sea fret
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- fretless adjective
- fretter noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of fret1
Origin of fret2
Origin of fret3
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of fret1
Origin of fret2
Origin of fret3
Example Sentences
He fretted over “small checks†he got for “only†eight hours of work and once, with no money to spare, simply wrote: “Ni para el periodico.â€
That doesn't mean Roberto is fretting about a billionaire choosing Venice for his wedding, mind you.
Yet those back in Labour HQ fretted that, from what little they gleaned, that work was inadequate.
Like others in Southern California's Persian community they both fret over loved ones back in Iran, even if they don't see eye to eye on how the US should respond to Iran.
He tells them not to fret, that things will soon be back to normal.
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