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  2. 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. (all) hot and bothered idiom. aflutter. agitated. angsty. anxious.

  3. 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.

  4. 1. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help. 2. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something. acids that fret at the strongest metals. 3. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc. The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.

  5. FRETTED definition: 1. (of a musical instrument with strings, such as a guitar) having small raised metal bars across…. Learn more.

  6. Fret definition: to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. See examples of FRET used in a sentence.

  7. adjective. 1. ornamented with angular designs or frets. 2. decorated with fretwork. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. fretted in American English. (ˈfretɪd) adjective. ornamented or provided with frets. a fretted molding. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  8. Fretted definition: ornamented or provided with frets. See examples of FRETTED used in a sentence.

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