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Verb: fret (fretted,fretting) fret- Worry unnecessarily or excessively
- fuss, niggle - Be agitated or irritated
"don't fret over these small details" - Provide (a musical instrument) with frets
"fret a guitar" - Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- chafe, gall - Cause annoyance in
- Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- eat into, rankle, grate - Carve a pattern into
- Decorate with an interlaced design
- Be too tight; rub or press
- choke, gag - Cause friction
- rub, fray, chafe, scratch - Remove soil or rock
- erode, eat away - Wear away or erode
- eat away Noun: fret fret- Agitation resulting from active worry
- stew, sweat, lather, swither - A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- worn spot - An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
"there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" - Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern - 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 pitch
Derived forms: fretting, fretted, frets See also: fretted, unfretted Type of: adjoin, adorn, agitation, annoy, architectural ornament, bar, beautify, bother, carve, chafe, compact, compress, constrict, contact, contract, corrode, damage, dapple, decorate, devil, embellish, fleck, furnish, get at, get to, grace, gravel [US], irritate, maculation, meet, nark [Brit], nettle, ornament, patch, press, provide, rag, render, rile, rust, speckle, spot, squeeze, supply, touch, vex, worry Encyclopedia: Fret |