- fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
--1 is a kind of agitation
Derived form: verb fret1 - worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
--2 is a kind of spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
Derived form: verb fret4 - fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern - an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
--3 is a kind of architectural ornament
Derived forms: verb fret8, verb fret7 - fret - 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
--4 is a kind of bar
Derived form: verb fret3
- fuss, niggle, fret - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
--1 is one way to worry
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun fret1
Sam and Sue fret over the results of the experiment
- fret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
--2 is one way to worry
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue fret
- fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
--3 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun fret4
Somebody ----s something
- chafe, gall, fret - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
--4 is one way to irritate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun fret2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- fret - cause annoyance in
--5 is one way to annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- eat into, fret, rankle, grate - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
--6 is one way to annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sample sentence:
The bad news will fret him
- fret - carve a pattern into
--7 is one way to carve
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun fret3
Somebody ----s something
- fret - decorate with an interlaced design
--8 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun fret3
Somebody ----s something
- choke, gag, fret - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
--9 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch - cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
--10 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
- erode, eat away, fret - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
--11 is one way to damage
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- fret, eat away - wear away or erode
--12 is one way to corrode, rust
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"