Definition of "fret"
- noun
A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea.
A strait; channel.
A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).
One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering.
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.
Herpes; tetter.
Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- verb
To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
To press down the string behind a fret.
To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle.
To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple.
To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
To worry or be anxious.
To chafe or irritate; to worry.
To cut through with fretsaw, create fretwork.
To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
To gnaw, consume, eat away.
To devour, consume; eat.
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