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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.]


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              The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     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.
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              With many a curve my banks I fret.    --Tennyson.
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     3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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              By starts
              His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
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     4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
        as, to fret the surface of water.
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     5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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              Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
                                                    xxxvii. 1.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d {Fret}.]
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     1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
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     2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
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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.
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     2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and
        ordinaries.
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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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