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  2. FRET definition: 1. to be nervous or worried: 2. any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a…. Learn more.

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  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. fret noun [C] (ON A STRINGED INSTRUMENT) any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar, that show you where to put your fingers on the strings in order to produce different notes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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