Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..

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Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Cross :: Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman..
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
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