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verb | noun fretfret1 /frɛt/ ●○○ verb (fretted, fretting) ETYMOLOGYfret1Origin: Old English fretan to eat VERB TABLEfret |
Present | I, you, we, they | fret | | he, she, it | frets | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fretted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fretted | | he, she, it | has fretted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fretted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fret | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fretted |
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Present | I | am fretting | | he, she, it | is fretting | | you, we, they | are fretting | Past | I, he, she, it | was fretting | | you, we, they | were fretting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fretting | | he, she, it | has been fretting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fretting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fretting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fretting |
[intransitive] to feel worried about small or unimportant things: Don’t fret – everything will be all right.fret about/over She’s always fretting about the children. [Origin: Old English fretan to eat] verb | noun fretfret2 ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYfret2Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from Old French frete metal band [countable] one of the raised lines on the neck (=long straight part) of a guitar, banjo, etc. |