fret
fret is a 4-letter English word with 37 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See 1st Frith. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. See 1st Frith.
- transitive verb. To devour.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
- transitive verb. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
- transitive verb. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
- intransitive verb. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
- intransitive verb. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
- intransitive verb. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.
- intransitive verb. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
- noun. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- noun. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.
- noun. Herpes; tetter.
- noun. 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.
- transitive verb. To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
- noun. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.
- noun. A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- noun. A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
- transitive verb. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
- noun. 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
- noun. an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
"there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
- noun. a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- noun. agitation resulting from active worry
"don't get in a stew"
"he's in a sweat about exams"
- verb. wear away or erode
- verb. remove soil or rock
"Rain eroded the terraces"
- verb. cause friction
"my sweater scratches"
- verb. be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat"
- verb. decorate with an interlaced design
- verb. carve a pattern into
- verb. be agitated or irritated
"don't fret over these small details"
- verb. gnaw into; make resentful or angry
"The injustice rankled her"
"his resentment festered"
- verb. cause annoyance in
- verb. worry unnecessarily or excessively
"don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
- verb. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- verb. provide (a musical instrument) with frets
"fret a guitar"
Synonyms
lather, stew, sweat, swither, erode, chafe, fray, rub, scratch, choke, gag, grate, rankle, fuss, niggle, gall
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fret:
Common word forms
frets, fretful, fretize, fretted, fretter, fretless, fretting
Words from these letters
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