7 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fretted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fretting}.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.] 1. To devour. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. [1913 Webster] By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. [1913 Webster] 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. [1913 Webster] Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii. 1. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d {Fret}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed. [1913 Webster] 2. Agitated; vexed; worried. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th {Fret}.] 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface. [1913 Webster] 2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fretted adj 1: having frets [ant: {unfretted}] 2: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework [syn: {interlaced}, {latticed}, {latticelike}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fretted See {fret} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fret n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: {stew}, {sweat}, {lather}, {swither}] 2: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion [syn: {worn spot}] 3: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" [syn: {Greek fret}, {Greek key}, {key pattern}] 4: a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn: {fuss}, {niggle}] 2: be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details" 3: provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar" 4: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: {chafe}, {gall}] 5: cause annoyance in 6: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: {eat into}, {rankle}, {grate}] 7: carve a pattern into 8: decorate with an interlaced design 9: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: {choke}, {gag}] 10: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: {rub}, {fray}, {chafe}, {scratch}] 11: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: {erode}, {eat away}] 12: wear away or erode [syn: {eat away}] [also: {fretting}, {fretted}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 35 Moby Thesaurus words for "fretted": beset, braided, dogged, enlaced, entwined, handwoven, harassed, harried, haunted, hounded, interknit, interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven, knit, laced, loomed, persecuted, plagued, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled, textile, tormented, twined, vexed, worried, worried sick, worried stiff, woven, wreathed
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