fret
(noun) 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
fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
(noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); “there was a simple fret at the top of the walls”
fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither
(noun) agitation resulting from active worry; “don’t get in a stew”; “he’s in a sweat about exams”
fret, eat away
(verb) wear away or erode
erode, eat away, fret
(verb) remove soil or rock; “Rain eroded the terraces”
rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
(verb) cause friction; “my sweater scratches”
choke, gag, fret
(verb) be too tight; rub or press; “This neckband is choking the cat”
fret
(verb) decorate with an interlaced design
fret
(verb) carve a pattern into
fret
(verb) be agitated or irritated; “don’t fret over these small details”
fret
(verb) cause annoyance in
fuss, niggle, fret
(verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively; “don’t fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now”
chafe, gall, fret
(verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
fret
(verb) provide (a musical instrument) with frets; “fret a guitar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
FRET (countable and uncountable, plural FRETs)
(physics) Förster resonance energy transfer
(physics) fluorescence resonance energy transfer, which is a type of the Förster phenomenon where one or both of the partners in the energy transfer are fluorescent chromophores
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fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past fret or frate or fretted, past participle (usually in compounds) fretten or fretted)
(transitive, obsolete or poetic) Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
(transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
(transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
(transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
(ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
(intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
(intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
(intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
(intransitive, brewing, oenology) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
fret (plural frets)
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
(mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
fret (plural frets)
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
(heraldic charge) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past and past participle fretted)
(transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
(transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
(transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
fret (plural frets)
(obsolete or dialectal) A ferrule, a ring.
(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past and past participle fretted)
To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
(transitive, music) Musical senses.
To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
To press down the string behind a fret.
fret (plural frets)
A channel, a strait; a fretum.
fret (plural frets)
(rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
fret (plural frets)
(Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fret, n. [Obs.]
Definition: See 1st Frith.
Fret, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fretting.] Etym: [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fräta, Goth. fra-itan. See For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. Chaucer.
2. 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. With many a curve my banks I fret. Tennyson.
3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. Shak.
4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. Ps. xxxvii. 1.
Fret, v. i.
1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion. Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman.
3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.
4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
Fret, n.
1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Addison.
2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. Pope.
3. Herpes; tetter. Dunglison.
4. pl. (Mining)
Definition: 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.
Fret, v. t. Etym: [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. frætwan, frætwian; akin to OS. fratah, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan to make wise, also AS. frætwe ornaments, OS. fratahi adornment.]
Definition: To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify. Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. Spenser. Yon gray lines, That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. Shak.
Fret, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: 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. His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret, ceiling, and chimney- piece with . . . carving. Evelyn.
3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair. A fret of gold she had next her hair. Chaucer. Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.
Fret, n. Etym: [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.]
1. (Her.)
Definition: A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: 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.
Fret, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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