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Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) 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..

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Worry :: Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry..

Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..

Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..

Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.

Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..

Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..