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- Dictionaryfret/frɛt/
verb
- 1. be constantly or visibly anxious: "she fretted about the cost of groceries" Similar
- 2. gradually wear away (something) by rubbing or gnawing: "the bay's black waves fret the seafront"
noun
- 1. a state of anxiety: British "why would anyone get themselves in a fret over something so simple?"
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FRET definition: 1. to be nervous or worried: 2. any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a…. Learn more.
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. see more.
The meaning of FRET is to eat or gnaw into : corrode; also : fray. How to use fret in a sentence. Fret and Eating
to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help. Synonyms: rage, fume. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
1. verb. If you fret about something, you worry about it. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems. [V + about/over] But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more. [VERB that] Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake. [VERB]
fret noun [C] (ON A STRINGED INSTRUMENT) any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar, that show you where to put your fingers on the strings in order to produce different notes. ajma_pl/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages.
To make or form by wearing away. Webster's New World. More Verb Definitions (16) Synonyms: stew. worry. mope. dwell. cark. brood. gall.
Definition of fret verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fret definition: to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. See examples of FRET used in a sentence.
There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb fret, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. fret has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (Middle English) horses and riding (1830s)
