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Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

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Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.

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

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.

Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake..

Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..

Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.

Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..

Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..

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

Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

Unfret :: Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..

Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..

Keckle :: Keckle (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice..

Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..