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UK
/fɹˈɛt/
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[ US /ˈfɹɛt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɹɛt/ ]
VERB
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
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cause friction
my sweater scratches - cause annoyance in
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gnaw into; make resentful or angry
The injustice rankled her
his resentment festered -
be agitated or irritated
don't fret over these small details - carve a pattern into
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be too tight; rub or press
This neckband is choking the cat -
provide (a musical instrument) with frets
fret a guitar - wear away or erode
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remove soil or rock
Rain eroded the terraces - decorate with an interlaced design
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worry unnecessarily or excessively
don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
NOUN
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an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
there was a simple fret at the top of the walls -
agitation resulting from active worry
he's in a sweat about exams
don't get in a stew - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- 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
How To Use fret In A Sentence
- When the baby is not thriving and gaining steadily in weight, or is fretty and cries a good deal, and does not rest and sleep peacefully, something, of course, is wrong. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
- I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.
- They may refuse their feeds and become fretful with a shrill cry when handled.
- We observe a reduction in fluorescence anisotropy only in the presence of FRET from linked mVenus and mCerulean.
- The lady watched fretfully as the men came closer to hitting Mack with their bullets and ran much faster than before as their rage intensified.
- And in such a case envy will be sure to work and boil up to a more than ordinary height, while the envious person frets, and raves, and swells at the plenties and affluence of his abounding neighbour, and (as I may so express it) is even ready to burst with another's fulness. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
- British influence, with wooden jalousies, wide porches, and patterned railings and fretwork, dominated urban architecture in the colonial period.
- Policyholders must be fretting themselves witless over what to do next.
- Personal relations have become restless, fretful, often disturbed by an itch for change and variety.
- He got to wear his lovely yellow silk gown—the one he wore as Juliet he fretted over the tear in the sleeve and blames Becka, naturally. Exit the Actress
