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Definitions for Fret

[1] to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
[2] to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals.
[3] to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
[4] to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed by away ): Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.
[5] to move in agitation or commotion, as water: water fretting over the stones of a brook.
[6] to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex: You mustn't fret yourself about that.
[7] to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.: the ocean fretting its shores.
[8] to form or make by wearing away a substance: The river had fretted an underground passage.
[9] to agitate (water): Strong winds were fretting the channel.
[10] an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
[11] erosion; corrosion; gnawing.
[12] a worn or eroded place.
[13] an interlaced, angular design; fretwork.
[14] an angular design of bands within a border.
[15] Heraldry . a charge composed of two diagonal strips interlacing with and crossing at the center of a mascle.
[16] a piece of decoratively pierced work placed in a clock case to deaden the sound of the mechanism.
[17] to ornament with a fret or fretwork.
[18] any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points.
[19] to provide with frets.
[20] to distress or be distressed; worry
[21] to rub or wear away
[22] to irritate or be irritated; feel or give annoyance or vexation
[23] to eat away or be eaten away by chemical action; corrode
[24] (intr) (of a road surface) to become loose so that potholes develop; scab
[25] to agitate (water) or (of water) to be agitated
[26] (tr) to make by wearing away; erode
[27] a state of irritation or anxiety
[28] the result of fretting; corrosion
[29] a hole or channel caused by fretting
[30] a repetitive geometrical figure, esp one used as an ornamental border
[31] such a pattern made in relief and with numerous small openings; fretwork
[32] heraldry a charge on a shield consisting of a mascle crossed by a saltire
[33] (tr) to ornament with fret or fretwork
[34] any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers
[35] short for sea fret

Words related to Fret

chafe, brood, fuss, agonize, fume, carp, grieve, bother, disturb, nag, pother, affront, chagrin, torment, stew, mope, anguish, bleed, ruffle, distress

Words nearby Fret

fresnel biprism, fresnel lens, fresnel mirrors, fresno, fress, fret, fret saw, fretboard, fretful, fretted, fretting

Origin of Fret

3First recorded in 1490–1500; origin uncertain

Other words from Fret

fret·ter , noun
fret·less , adjective
fret·less , adjective

Word origin for Fret

C16: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Fret

agonize, bother, brood, carp, chafe, fume, fuss, grieve, affront, anguish, bleed, chagrin, mope, pother, stew, torment, carry a heavy load, distress oneself, eat one's heart out, get into a dither, lose sleep over, sweat it out, take on, upset oneself