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Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) 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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Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.

Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..

Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..

Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.

Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..

Nettle :: Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.

Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

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..

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 (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..

Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..