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Noun fret has 4 senses

fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
--₁ is a kind of agitation

Derived form: verb fret₁
worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
--₂ is a kind of spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation

Derived form: verb fret₄
fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern - an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
--₃ is a kind of architectural ornament

Derived forms: verb fret₈, verb fret₇
fret - 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
--₄ is a kind of bar

Derived form: verb fret₃

Verb fret has 12 senses

fuss, niggle, fret - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
--₁ is one way to worry

Derived form: noun fret₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue fret over the results of the experiment
fret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
--₂ is one way to worry
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue fret
fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
--₃ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived form: noun fret₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
chafe, gall, fret - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
--₄ is one way to irritate

Derived form: noun fret₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
fret - cause annoyance in
--₅ is one way to annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
eat into, fret, rankle, grate - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
--₆ is one way to annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sample sentence:
The bad news will fret him
fret - carve a pattern into
--₇ is one way to carve

Derived form: noun fret₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fret - decorate with an interlaced design
--₈ is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

Derived form: noun fret₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
choke, gag, fret - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
--₉ is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch - cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
--₁₀ is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
erode, eat away, fret - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
--₁₁ is one way to damage
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
fret, eat away - wear away or erode
--₁₂ is one way to corrode, rust
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something