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- verbfret (verb) · frets (third person present) · fretted (past tense) · fretted (past participle) · fretting (present participle)
- be constantly or visibly worried or anxious:"she fretted about the cost of groceries" · "I fretted that my fingers were so skinny"
- cause (someone) worry or distress:"his absence during her times awake began to fret her"
- gradually wear away (something) by rubbing or gnawing:"the bay's black waves fret the seafront"
- form (a channel or passage) by rubbing or wearing away:"what shape the sea has fretted into the land"
- flow or move in small waves:"soft clay that fretted between his toes"
nounBRITISH ENGLISHfret (noun) · frets (plural noun)- a state of anxiety or worry:"why would anyone get themselves in a fret over something so simple?"
OriginOld English fretan ‘devour, consume’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vreten and German fressen, and ultimately to for- and eat.nounfret (noun) · frets (plural noun)- artarchitecturea repeating ornamental design of interlaced vertical and horizontal lines, such as the Greek key pattern.
- heraldrya device of narrow diagonal bands interlaced through a diamond.
verbfret (verb) · frets (third person present) · fretted (past tense) · fretted (past participle) · fretting (present participle)- decorate with fretwork:"a botanically inspired ornamental pattern frets the ceiling"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French frete ‘trelliswork’ and freter (verb), of unknown origin.nounfret (noun) · frets (plural noun)- each of a sequence of bars or ridges on the fingerboard of some stringed musical instruments (such as the guitar), used for fixing the positions of the fingers to produce the desired notes.
verbfret (verb) · frets (third person present) · fretted (past tense) · fretted (past participle) · fretting (present participle)- play (a note on a stringed instrument) while pressing the string down against a fret:"most people would play this by fretting the G string on the first fret with the first finger"
- provide (a stringed instrument) with frets.
Originearly 16th century: of unknown origin.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.fretted adjective uk / ˈfret.ɪd / us / ˈfret̬.ɪd / Add to word list Add to word list (of a musical instrument with strings, such as a guitar) having small raised metal bars across the long, thin part, that show you where to put your fingers on the strings in order to produce different notes:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/frettedfretted - having frets music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner unfretted - without frets 2. fretted - having a pattern of fretwork or latticeworkwww.thefreedictionary.com/fretted
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