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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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Unfret :: Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.

Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.

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

Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Fret :: 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..

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

Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..

Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.

Fret :: Fret (n.) 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..

Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..

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

Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.

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

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.