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A Writer's Dictionary:

fret Definition


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fret1
verb fretted, fretting
    intr
    1. To worry, especially unnecessarily; to show or express anxiety.
      Thesaurus: worry, agonize, brood, anguish.
      Form: fret about something (also)
      Form: fret over something
    2. To wear something away or consume something by rubbing or erosion.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fretan to gnaw, from etan to eat.




fret2
noun
    1. Any of the narrow metal ridges across the neck of a guitar or similar musical instrument, onto which the strings are pressed in producing the various notes.
Etymology: 16c: probably from fret3.




fret3
noun
    1. A type of decoration for a cornice, border, etc, consisting of lines which (usually) meet at right angles, the pattern being repeated to form a continuous band.
verb
    fretted, fretting
    1. To decorate something with a fret, or carve with fretwork.
Etymology: 14c: from French frete interlaced design, probably influenced by Anglo-Saxon fraetwa ornament.




fret4
noun
    (NE Eng)
    1. A cold sea mist or fog off the North Sea. Also called haar.


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