Fret - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fret|
Brit.
|fret|
noun
- agitation resulting from active worry (syn: lather, stew, sweat)
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
there was a simple fret at the top of the walls
- 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 pitchverb
- worry unnecessarily or excessively (syn: fuss, niggle)
- be agitated or irritated
- cause annoyance in
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry (syn: grate, rankle)
- carve a pattern into
- decorate with an interlaced design
- be too tight; rub or press (syn: choke, gag)
- cause friction (syn: chafe, fray, rub, scratch)
- remove soil or rock (syn: eat away, erode)
- wear away or erode (syn: eat away)
- be agitated or irritated
don't fret over these small details
- provide (a musical instrument) with fretsfret a guitar
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing (syn: chafe, gall)- cause annoyance in
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry (syn: grate, rankle)
- carve a pattern into
- decorate with an interlaced design
- be too tight; rub or press (syn: choke, gag)
- cause friction (syn: chafe, fray, rub, scratch)
- remove soil or rock (syn: eat away, erode)
- wear away or erode (syn: eat away)
Extra examples
In vain the captain fretted over the delay.
Don't fret - everything will be all right.
She's always fretting about the children.
...he chose not to fret about the deciduous discomforts of his existence...
They don't want a man to fret and stew about his work.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: fret
he/she/it: frets
present participle: fretting
past tense: fretted
past participle: fretted
I/you/we/they: fret
he/she/it: frets
present participle: fretting
past tense: fretted
past participle: fretted
noun
singular: fret
plural: frets
singular: fret
plural: frets
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