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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Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Pock-fretten :: Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Fret :: 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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