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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Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
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..
Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed..
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
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..
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