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fret
English
- 🔊 a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument
- 🔊 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“don't get in a stew”
- 🔊 a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- 🔊 wear away or erode
- 🔊 decorate with an interlaced design
- 🔊 carve a pattern into
- 🔊 be agitated or irritated“don't fret over these small details”
- 🔊 cause annoyance in
- 🔊 provide (a musical instrument) with frets“fret a guitar”
- 🔊 gnaw into“The injustice rankled her”
- 🔊 remove soil or rock“Rain eroded the terraces”
- 🔊 cause friction“my sweater scratches”
- 🔊 be too tight“This neckband is choking the cat”
- 🔊 worry unnecessarily or excessively“don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now”
- 🔊 become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Spanish
- 🔊 ceja fret
- 🔊 frete fret
- 🔊 traste fret
- 🔊 comerse la cabeza to fret, worry
- 🔊 greca fret, fretwork