verb
- Worry unnecessarily or excessively.
- usage: "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren-they are quite big now"
- Be agitated or irritated.
- usage: "don't fret over these small details"
- synonyms: fret
- Provide (a musical instrument) with frets.
- usage: "fret a guitar"
- synonyms: fret
- Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing.
- Cause annoyance in.
- synonyms: fret
- Gnaw into; make resentful or angry.
- usage: "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
- Carve a pattern into.
- synonyms: fret
- Decorate with an interlaced design.
- synonyms: fret
- Be too tight; rub or press.
- usage: "This neckband is choking the cat"
- Cause friction.
- usage: "my sweater scratches"
- Remove soil or rock.
- usage: "Rain eroded the terraces"
- Wear away or erode.
adjective
- Having frets.
- Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
- synonyms: interlaced, latticed, latticelike
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