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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d {Fret}.] 1. Rubbed or worn away chafed. 2. Agitated; vexed; worried. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th {Fret}.] 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface. 2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fretted}; p. pr & vb n. {Fretting}.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten OHG. frezzan G. fressen, Sw fr["a]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.] 1. To devour. [Obs.] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer. 2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence to eat away to gnaw; as to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson. 3. To impair; to wear away to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak. 4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as to fret the surface of water. 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii 1. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fretted adj 1: (music) having frets [ant: {unfretted}] 2: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework [syn: {interlaced}, {latticed}, {latticelike}]
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