Fret
WordNet
noun
(1) 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
(2) An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
"There was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
(3) A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
(4) Agitation resulting from active worry
"Don't get in a stew"
"He's in a sweat about exams"
verb
(5) Wear away or erode
(6) Remove soil or rock
"Rain eroded the terraces"
(7) Cause friction
"My sweater scratches"
(8) Be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat"
(9) Decorate with an interlaced design
(10) Carve a pattern into
(11) Be agitated or irritated
"Don't fret over these small details"
(12) Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
"The injustice rankled her"
"His resentment festered"
(13) Cause annoyance in
(14) Worry unnecessarily or excessively
"Don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
(15) Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
(16) Provide (a musical instrument) with frets
"Fret a guitar"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
Old English fretan "to eat up, devour", from a base corresponding to for- + eat. Cognate with Dutch vreten, German fressen.
Verb
- To devour, consume.
- To gnaw, consume, eat away.
- To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To worry or be anxious.
Noun
- One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).
Noun
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Noun
- Freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat.
- Rental of a ship, in whole or in part.
- Freight, cargo, payload .
- 2008 March 9, Reuters, “L'ATV Jules Verne né sous une bonne étoile”,
- Il n'y aura plus alors que les vaisseaux Progress russes pour emmener du fret à bord de la station spatiale, et les Soyouz pour les vols habités.
- So there will only be the Russian Progress shuttles to take freight aboard the space station, and the Soyuz for manned flights.
- Il n'y aura plus alors que les vaisseaux Progress russes pour emmener du fret à bord de la station spatiale, et les Soyouz pour les vols habités.
- 2008 March 9, Reuters, “L'ATV Jules Verne né sous une bonne étoile”,