fret
has definitions from the fields of music,architecture
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[ verb ] worry unnecessarily or excessively
Examples "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)He would wake_up in_the_middle of the night and fret about it . |
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[ verb ] be agitated or irritated
Examples "don't fret over these small details" Used in print (The New York Times...)A year ago today , when the Democrats were fretting and frolicking in Los_Angeles and John_F._Kennedy was still only an able and ambitious Senator who yearned for the power and responsibility of the Presidency , Theodore_H._White had already compiled masses of notes about the Presidential campaign of 1960 . |
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[ verb ] carve a pattern into
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[ verb ] decorate with an interlaced design
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[ verb ] cause annoyance in
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[ noun ] (architecture) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief)
Synonyms Examples "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (music) 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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