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Definitions of fret
  1. verb
    gnaw into; make resentful or angry

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  2. noun
    a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion

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  3. verb
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

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  4. verb
    cause friction

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  5. noun
    agitation resulting from active worry

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  6. verb
    wear away or erode

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  7. verb
    worry unnecessarily or excessively

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  8. verb
    remove soil or rock

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  9. 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"
  10. verb
    be too tight; rub or press

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  11. 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
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    bar
  12. verb
    be agitated or irritated
    "don't fret over these small details"
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  13. verb
    carve a pattern into
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  14. verb
    cause annoyance in
  15. verb
    decorate with an interlaced design
  16. verb
    provide (a musical instrument) with frets
    "fret a guitar"
Definition that contains fret
  • violin bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
  • fiddle bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
  • fret provide (a musical instrument) with frets
  • lute chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
  • sitar a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
  • dulcimer a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
  • fretted having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
  • fretted having frets
  • shamisen a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
  • interlaced having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
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