Definition of fret

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

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Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..
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..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
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