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Definition of FRET
1. Verb. Worry unnecessarily or excessively. "Sam and Sue FRET over the results of the experiment"; "Don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Generic synonyms: Worry
Specialized synonyms: Scruple, Dither, Flap, Pother
Derivative terms: Fuss
2. Noun. Agitation resulting from active worry. "He's in a sweat about exams"
3. Verb. Be agitated or irritated. "Sam and Sue FRET"; "Don't fret over these small details"
4. Noun. A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion.
5. Verb. Provide (a musical instrument) with frets. "Fret a guitar"
6. 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"
7. Verb. Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing.
8. 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.
9. Verb. Cause annoyance in.
10. Verb. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry. "The bad news will FRET him"; "His resentment festered"
Generic synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex
11. Verb. Carve a pattern into.
12. Verb. Decorate with an interlaced design.
13. Verb. Be too tight; rub or press. "This neckband is choking the cat"
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choker, Choker
14. Verb. Cause friction. "My sweater scratches"
Generic synonyms: Adjoin, Contact, Meet, Touch
Derivative terms: Chafe, Rubbing, Scratch
15. Verb. Remove soil or rock. "Rain eroded the terraces"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Specialized synonyms: Wash
Derivative terms: Eroding, Erosion, Erosion, Erosive
16. Verb. Wear away or erode.
Definition of FRET
1. n. See 1st Frith.
2. v. t. To devour.
3. v. i. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
4. n. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
5. v. t. To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
6. n. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
7. n. A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
8. v. t. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
Definition of FRET
1. Initialism. (physics) wikipedia:Förster resonance energy transfer Förster resonance energy transfer ¹
2. Initialism. (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 ¹
3. Verb. (transitive obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume; eat. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To cut through with fretsaw, create fretwork. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To worry or be anxious. ¹
8. Verb. (music) To press down the string behind a fret. ¹
9. Noun. (music) One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering. ¹
10. Noun. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief). ¹
11. Noun. A strait; channel. ¹
12. Noun. (dialect North East England) A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of FRET
1. to worry [v FRETTED, FRETTING, FRETS] - See also: worry
Medical Definition of FRET
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1. To devour. "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)
Origin: OE. Freten to eat, consume; AS. Fretan, for foretan; pref. For- + etan to eat; akin to D. Vreten, OHG. Frezzan, G. Fressen, Sw. Frata, Goth. Fra-itan. See For, and Eat.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
2. 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.
1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
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.
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