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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fret1 /frɛt/USA pronunciation v., fret•ted, fret•ting. - to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: [no object]Don't fret; things will get better.[~ + about + object]fretting about the lost ring.[~ + at + object]He was fretting at the traffic delay in the tunnel.[~ + oneself]Don't fret yourself over trifles.
fret3 /frɛt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Danceany of the ridges of wood or metal set across the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fret1 (fret),USA pronunciation v., fret•ted, fret•ting, n. v.i. - to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- to cause corrosion;
gnaw into something:acids that fret at the strongest metals. - to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.:The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
- Geographyto become eaten, worn, or corroded (often fol. by away):Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.
- to move in agitation or commotion, as water:water fretting over the stones of a brook.
v.t. - to torment;
irritate, annoy, or vex:You mustn't fret yourself about that. - Geographyto wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.:the ocean fretting its shores.
- Geographyto form or make by wearing away a substance:The river had fretted an underground passage.
- Geographyto agitate (water):Strong winds were fretting the channel.
n. - an irritated state of mind;
annoyance;
vexation. - Geographyerosion;
corrosion;
gnawing. - a worn or eroded place.
- bef. 900; Middle English freten, Old English fretan to eat up, consume; cognate with Old Saxon fretan, Gothic fraitan, Old High German frezzan (German fressen)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fume, rage.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worry, harass, goad, tease.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged erode, gnaw, corrode, abrade, grind, rub, rust.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harassment, agitation, worry.
fret2 (fret),USA pronunciation n., v., fret•ted, fret•ting. n. - Architecture, Furniturean interlaced, angular design;
fretwork. - Architecture, Furniturean angular design of bands within a border.
- Heraldrya 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.
v.t. - Architecture, Furnitureto ornament with a fret or fretwork.
- ?; compare Middle French frete trellis-work, Old English fretwian, variant of frætwian to adorn
- Middle English frette 1350–1400
- Music and Danceany 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.
v.t. - Music and Danceto provide with frets.
- origin, originally uncertain 1490–1500
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