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frets

 
Noun fret has 4 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  1. 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
  2. fret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
    --2 is one way to
    worry
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue fret
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. fret - carve a pattern into
    --7 is one way to
    carve
    Derived form: noun fret3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. erode, eat away, fret - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
    --11 is one way to damage
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  12. fret, eat away - wear away or erode
    --12 is one way to corrode, rust
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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