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- Dictionaryfretted/ˈfrɛtɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of a stringed instrument) having frets: "a plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard"
- 2. (of a note) played while pressing the string down against a fret: "fretted notes"
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1. a. : to eat or gnaw into : corrode. also : fray. The acid fretted the metal. b. : rub, chafe. The harness strap was fretting the horse. c. : to make by wearing away a substance. the stream fretted a channel. 2. : to cause to suffer emotional strain : vex. don't you fret yourself about me J. C. Powys. 3. : to pass (time) in fretting.
fret. verb [ I ] uk / fret / us / fret / -tt- Add to word list. to be nervous or worried: Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK. fret about She spent the day fretting about what she'd said to Nicky. fret over As a new mother, I fretted over any delay in my daughter's development. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anxious and worried.
FRETTED definition: 1. (of a musical instrument with strings, such as a guitar) having small raised metal bars across…. Learn more.
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.
Fretted definition: ornamented or provided with frets. See examples of FRETTED used in a sentence.
Definition of 'fret' Word Frequency. fret. (fret ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense frets , present participle fretting , past tense, past participle fretted. 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]
fret. verb [ I ] us / fret / uk / fret / -tt- Add to word list. to be nervous or worried: Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK. fret about She spent the day fretting about what she'd said to Nicky. fret over As a new mother, I fretted over any delay in my daughter's development. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anxious and worried.
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. see more.
to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed by away): Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain. to move in agitation or commotion, as water: water fretting over the stones of a brook.
2 meanings: 1. ornamented with angular designs or frets 2. decorated with fretwork.... Click for more definitions.
