fretverb [ I ]
uk/fret/us/fret/-tt-to be nervous or worried:
Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK.
She spent the day fretting about/over what she'd said to Nicky.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- have a cow idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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fretnoun [ C ]
uk/fret/us/fret/any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar, that show you where to put your fingers on the strings in order to produce different notes
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Musical instruments
- accordion
- alphorn
- alto
- alto recorder
- bagpipes
- dulcimer
- English horn
- euphonium
- fingerboard
- flugelhorn
- pitched
- plectrum
- reed
- reed instrument
- sax
- viola
- violin
- violoncello
- vuvuzela
- wind chimes
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fretted
adjective uk/ˈfret.ɪd/us/ˈfret̬.ɪd/
Guitars and lutes are fretted musical instruments.