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1. Fret
   In music a fret is a short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
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2. Fret
   In heraldry a fret is a charge consisting of two narrow bendlets placed in saltire, and interlaced with a mascle. It was supposed to represent the meshes of a fishing-net. Being borne by the family of Harrington it is also sometimes called a Harrington's knot; and riddle-makers have also seen a conn...
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3. Fret
   In architecture a fret is an ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at oblique angles, common in Oriental art.
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4. fret
   worry irritation wear away 
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5. fret
   [n] - agitation resulting from active worry 2. [n] - a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument 3. [v] - cause annoyance in 4. [v] - be agitated or irritated 5. [v] - carve a pattern into 6. [v] - decorate with an interlaced design 7. [v] - wear away or erode
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6. Fret
   The metal strips placed across The fingerboard to determine semitonal spacing
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7. fret
   a narrow-bladed,fine-toothed saw held under tension in a frame and used for cutting frets,scrolls and other curved outlines Category: Various industries and crafts
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8. Fret
   Fret (frĕt) noun [ Obsolete] See 1st Frith .
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9. Fret
   Fret (frĕt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fretted ; present participle & verbal noun Fretting .] [ Middle English freten to eat, consume; Anglo-Saxon freta...
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10. Fret
    Fret intransitive verb 1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges. 2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion. « Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation.�...
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11. Fret
    Fret noun 1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Addison. 2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he k...
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12. Fret
    Fret transitive verb [ Middle English fretten to adorn, Anglo-Saxon frætwan , frætwian ; akin to Old Saxon fratahōn , confer Goth. us-fratwjan to make wise, also Anglo-Saxon frætwe ornaments, Old Saxo...
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13. Fret
    Fret noun 1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork . 2. (Architecture) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or...
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14. Fret
    Fret noun [ French frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, probably a dim. of Latin ferrum iron. For sense 2, confer also English fret to rub.] 1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle. 2. (Mus.) A...
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15. Fret
    Fret transitive verb To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
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16. fret
    1. To devour. '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...
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17. fret
    noun 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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18. fret
    verb wear away or erode
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19. fret
    verb decorate with an interlaced design
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20. fret
    verb be agitated or irritated; `don`t fret over these small details`
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21. fret
    verb provide (a musical instrument) with frets; `fret a guitar`
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22. fret
    Greek key noun an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); `there was a simple fret at the top of the walls`
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23. fret
    verb cause friction; `my sweater scratches`
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24. Fret
    • (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art. • (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth;...
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25. fret
    in decorative art and architecture, any one of several types of running or repeated ornament, consisting of lengths of straight lines or narrow ... [1 related articles]
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