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Fret - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Fret : (noun)
1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: stew, sweat,
lather, swither]
2: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion [syn:
worn spot]
3: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and
horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple
fret at the top of the walls" [syn: Greek fret, Greek
key, key pattern]
4: 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 pitch
(verb)
1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much
over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn: fuss,
niggle]
2: be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small
details"
3: provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
4: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe, gall]
5: cause annoyance in
6: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled
her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, rankle,
grate]
7: carve a pattern into
8: decorate with an interlaced design
9: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
cat" [syn: choke, gag]
10: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray,
chafe, scratch]
11: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: erode,
eat away]
12: wear away or erode [syn: eat away]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fret : \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), n. [Obs.]
See 1st Frith.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
for foretan; pref. for- _ etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr["a]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.]
The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
--Chaucer.
2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
ship.
With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson.
3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and
fear. --Shak.
4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.
5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
xxxvii. 1.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\, n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule,
prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret
to rub.]
1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
2. (Mus.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed
across the finger board of a guitar or a similar
instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\, v. t.
To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\, v. t. [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. fr[ae]twan,
fr[ae]twian; akin to OS. fratah[=o]n, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan
to make wise, also AS. fr[ae]twe ornaments, OS. fratah[=i]
adornment.]
To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. --Spenser.
Yon gray lines, That fret the clouds, are messengers of
day. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\, v. i.
1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets
on the edges.
2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with
great excoriation. --Wiseman.
3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as,
rancor frets in the malignant breast.
4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to
utter peevish expressions.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats
intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in
classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in
Oriental art.
His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret,
ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving.
--Evelyn.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fret : \Fret\, n.
1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or
other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
--Addison.
2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience;
disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind
in a continual fret.
Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. --Pope.
3. Herpes; tetter. --Dunglison.
4. pl. (Mining) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or
stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down
from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the
locality of the veins.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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