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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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..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake..
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
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..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
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