Other Definitions fret (enc)
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Fret| Noun | 1. | fret - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | | | 2. | fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosionmaculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" | | | 3. | fret - an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" | | | 4. | fret - a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitchbar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" | | | Verb | 1. | fret - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"worry - be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job" scruple - raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it" | | | 2. | fret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"worry - be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job" dither - act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain | | | 3. | fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar" | | | 4. | fret - become or make sore by or as if by rubbingirritate - excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" | | | 5. | fret - cause annoyance inannoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" | | | 6. | fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" | | | 7. | fret - carve a pattern intocarve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" honeycomb - carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed" | | | 8. | fret - decorate with an interlaced design | | | 9. | fret - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" | | | 10. | fret - cause friction; "my sweater scratches"adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" | | | 11. | fret - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" wash - form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside" | | | 12. | fret - wear away or eroderust, corrode - become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" | |
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