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wear away or erode

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

decorate with an interlaced design

carve a pattern into

cause annoyance in

an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"

a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion

be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"

worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"

wear away or erode

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

decorate with an interlaced design

carve a pattern into

cause annoyance in

To devour.

To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.

To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.

To tease; to irritate; to vex.

To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.

To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.

To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.

Herpes; tetter.

The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.

To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.

An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.

The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.

A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.

To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

To devour.

To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.

To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.

To tease; to irritate; to vex.

To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.

To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.

To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.

Herpes; tetter.

The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.

To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.

An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.

The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.

A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.

To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

To wear away by friction or by rubbing; injure by rubbing; agitate; vex; irritate; make rough on the surface; ornament with raised or interlaced work.

To be worn away by friction or corrosion; be agitated or irritated; utter peevish complaints.

An ornament formed by small bands crossing each other at right angles; perforated or interlaced ornamental work; chafing or irritation; a small ridge or bar on the keyboard of certain stringed instruments, such as the guitar.

Fretted.

Fretting.

To wear away by rubbing: to eat into: to vex.

To wear away: to vex one's self: to be peevish:-pr.p. fretting; pa.p. fretted.

Agitation of the surface of a liquid: irritation: ill-humor.

Pa.p. of FRET, to wear away.

The worn side of the bank of a river.

To ornament with raised-work: to variegate:-pr.p. fretting; pa.p. fretted.

The interlacing of bars or fillets of iron: (arch.) an ornament consisting of small fillets intersecting each other at right angles: (her.) bars crossed and interlaced.

A short wire on the fingerboard of a guitar or other instrument.

To furnish with frets.

Irritation; worry.

To corrode; chafe; vex.

To ornament with raised work.

To wear away; be peevish or unhappy.

To wear or eat away; irritate; worry; vex; agitate.

To be worn away.

To complain; be agitated.

To ornament as with fretwork.

The act of fretting; irritation; agitation.

Ornament in relief. fretwork.

A bar on a musical instrument, as a guitar, against which the strings may be stopped.

Chafing, Herpes.

n. Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause;—agitation of mind; irritation;—a superstitious notion or practice;—in architecture, small fillets intersecting each other at right angles;—a short piece of wire fixed on the fingerboard of a guitar or a similar instrument., to indicate where the finger is to be placed in playing;—pl. the worn sides of river hanks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate.

A frith, or strait of the sea; any agitation of liquors by fermentation or other cause; that stop of the musical instrument which causes or regulates the vibrations of the string; work rising in protuberance; agitation of the mind, commotion of the temper, passion.