fret¹ /fret/

1. To vex oneself
2. To worry
3. To chafe
4. To wear away
5. (of a liquid) to work or ferment (dialect)

1. To wear away by rubbing
2. To rub or chafe
3. To eat into
4. To corrode
5. To ripple or disturb
6. To vex or irritate

1. Agitation of the surface of a liquid
2. Irritation
3. Worry
4. A worn or eroded spot
5. Sea fret

fretˈful adjective

Peevish

fretˈfully adverb

fretˈfulness noun

frettˈing adjective

Vexing

Peevishness

fret² /fret/

Any of the wooden or metal ridges on the neck of a guitar or other instrument which divide the fingerboard into spaces producing different notes

To provide with frets

fretˈless adjective

fretˈboard noun

A fretted fingerboard on a guitar or other instrument

fret³ /fret/

1. To ornament with interlaced work
2. To variegate

1. Ornamental network
2. A type of decoration originating in ancient Greece, for a cornice, border, etc, consisting of lines meeting usu at right angles, the pattern being repeated to form a continuous band (also called grecque key or grecque meander)
3. Bendlets, dexter and sinister, interlaced with a mascle (heraldry)

frettˈed or frettˈy adjective

Ornamented with frets

fretˈsaw noun

A saw with a narrow blade and fine teeth, used for fretwork, scrollwork, etc

fretˈwork noun

1. Ornamental work consisting of a combination of frets
2. Perforated woodwork

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