fret
fret
frɛt
fret
/fɹˈɛt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fret"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be anxious about something minor or uncertain
Intransitive: to fret about sth | to fret over sth
to fret definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He fretted about the small mistake he made at work, fearing it would cost him his job.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āϭ⧁āϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϘāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to create a path or opening by gradually wearing down or eroding a surface
Transitive: to fret sth
to fret definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The constant traffic had fretted the road, creating visible grooves.
āĻ§ā§āϰ⧁āĻŦāĻ• āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώ⧟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ–āĻžāρāϜ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to gradually erode or damage something through constant rubbing or biting
Transitive: to fret a fabric or material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the wind and rain fretted the stone monument.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ­āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϘāώāĻž

to be so tight that it rubs or presses uncomfortably
Transitive: to fret a body part
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The waistband of the jeans fretted his stomach, making it difficult to move.
āϜāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϟ āϘāώāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to decorate or adorn something, usually wood or metal, with intricate patterns or designs
Transitive: to fret a surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist fretted the edges of the table with intricate carvings.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a design or pattern on a surface, often through repeated rubbing, cutting, or marking
Transitive: to fret sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wind fretted the sand, leaving rippling patterns across the desert.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŽāϰ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĸ⧇āω āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāύ⧋ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone feel anxious, upset, or troubled
Transitive: to fret sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His rude comments seemed to fret her for the rest of the evening.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gradually cause irritation or distress by constant pressure or persistence
Intransitive: to fret at one's mind
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His worried thoughts fretted at his mind, making it hard to relax.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύāϕ⧇ āϕ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϘāώāĻž

to become irritated or sore due to constant rubbing or friction
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His hands fretted from gripping the rough rope for so long.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϰ⧁āĻ•ā§āώ āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϟ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϟ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add frets to a stringed instrument, such as a guitar or violin, to help produce different notes
Transitive: to fret a stringed instrument
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to fret the violin himself to improve its sound.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āĻŦ⧇āĻšāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϟ, āϛ⧋āϟ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāϰ

a small metal bar on the neck of a string instrument pressed with fingers to produce a particular note
fret definition and meaning
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āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϟ, āĻ…āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ

an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŖ

a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
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āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ—, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰāϤāĻž

agitation resulting from active worry

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

fretted
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