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    fret
    [fret]
    verb
    fret (verb) · frets (third person present) · fretted (past tense) · fretted (past participle) · fretting (present participle)
    1. 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"
    2. 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"
    3. flow or move in small waves:
      "soft clay that fretted between his toes"
    noun
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    fret (noun) · frets (plural noun)
    1. a state of anxiety or worry:
      "why would anyone get themselves in a fret over something so simple?"
    Origin
    Old English fretan ‘devour, consume’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vreten and German fressen, and ultimately to for- and eat.
    fret
    [fret]
    noun
    fret (noun) · frets (plural noun)
    1. art
      architecture
      a repeating ornamental design of interlaced vertical and horizontal lines, such as the Greek key pattern.
    2. heraldry
      a device of narrow diagonal bands interlaced through a diamond.
    verb
    fret (verb) · frets (third person present) · fretted (past tense) · fretted (past participle) · fretting (present participle)
    1. decorate with fretwork:
      "a botanically inspired ornamental pattern frets the ceiling"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French frete ‘trelliswork’ and freter (verb), of unknown origin.
    fret
    [fret]
    noun
    fret (noun) · frets (plural noun)
    1. 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.
    verb
    fret (verb) · frets (third person present) · fretted (past tense) · fretted (past participle) · fretting (present participle)
    1. 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"
    2. provide (a stringed instrument) with frets.
    Origin
    early 16th century: of unknown origin.
    fret
    [fret]
    noun
    NORTHERN ENGLAND
    fret (noun) · frets (plural noun) · sea fret (noun) · sea frets (plural noun)
    1. a mist coming in off the sea; a sea fog:
      "a thick fret covers most of the coast"
    Origin
    mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
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    verb
    1. be constantly or visibly worried or anxious:
      worry
      agonize
      anguish
      sorrow
      sigh
      pine
      brood
      mope
      fuss
      make a fuss
      complain
      grumble
      whine
      eat one's heart out
      stew
      be anxious
      feel uneasy
      be distressed
      be upset
      upset oneself
      concern oneself
      feel unhappy
      feel peeved
    2. gradually wear away (something) by rubbing or gnawing:
      erode
      wear away
      wear down
      eat away (at)
      corrode
      consume
      devour
      chip away (at)
      bite into
       

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      What is a fret verb?
      Definition of fret verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room. Fretting, he looked again at his watch. fret about something Fretting about it won't help. fret over something He was fretting over his speech. fret that…

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      What does it mean if you fret about something?
      If you fret about something, you worry about it. She is fretting about her sick children. 16 meanings: 1. to distress or be distressed; worry 2. to rub or wear away 3. to irritate or be irritated; feel or give.... Click for more definitions.

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      What does fret mean on a guitar?
      , fret·ted, fret·ting. to ornament with a fret or fretwork. any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points. , fret·ted, fret·ting. to provide with frets.

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      What does fretting mean?
      , fret·ted, fret·ting. You mustn't fret yourself about that. the ocean fretting its shores. The river had fretted an underground passage. Strong winds were fretting the channel. an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation. Now Rare. a wearing away; erosion; corrosion. a worn or eroded place. an interlaced, angular design; fretwork.

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      About 2 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the verb fret pronounced? Where does the verb fret come from? The earliest known use of the verb fret is in the Old English period (pre-1150). fret is a word inherited from Germanic.

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      What is the meaning of fretwork?
      a worn or eroded place. an interlaced, angular design; fretwork. an angular design of bands within a border. Heraldry. a charge composed of two diagonal strips interlacing with and crossing at the center of a mascle. a piece of decoratively pierced work placed in a clock case to deaden the sound of the mechanism. , fret·ted, fret·ting.

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    3. The term "fret" has two main meanings123:
      1. As a verb, it means to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like.
      2. As a noun, it refers to any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a stringed musical instrument (such as a guitar), which show you where to put your fingers on the strings to produce different notes.
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      verb (used without object), fret·ted, fret·ting. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:

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      fret noun [C] (ON A STRINGED INSTRUMENT) 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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      A fret is any of the thin strips of material, usually metal wire, inserted laterally at specific positions along the neck or fretboard of a stringed instrument. Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck.

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