1. (noun) fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither
agitation resulting from active worry
Synonyms: elbow grease, suds, fret, effort, swither, sweat, stew, perspiration, worn spot, lather, sudor, travail, soapsuds, exertion, key pattern
2. (noun) worn spot, fret
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
Synonyms: swither, key pattern, worn spot, sweat, fret, stew, lather
3. (noun) fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
Synonyms: key pattern, fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither, worn spot
4. (verb) 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
Synonyms: key pattern, stew, sweat, lather, swither, worn spot
5. (verb) fuss, niggle, fret
worry unnecessarily or excessively
Synonyms: squabble, fret, rankle, pettifog, gag, quibble, mother, chafe, erode, eat into, brabble, eat away, scratch, bicker, fuss, grate, gall, choke, niggle, overprotect, fray, rub
6. (verb) fret
be agitated or irritated
Synonyms: choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag
7. (verb) fret
provide (a musical instrument) with frets
Synonyms: choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag
8. (verb) chafe, gall, fret
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Synonyms: eat into, get at, rile, rankle, devil, irk, nettle, fret, gag, vex, excoriate, irritate, chafe, erode, eat away, scratch, bother, annoy, fuss, fray, gall, choke, niggle, rag, nark, grate, get to, rub, gravel
9. (verb) fret
cause annoyance in
Synonyms: choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag
10. (verb) eat into, fret, rankle, grate
gnaw into; make resentful or angry
Synonyms: grind, fret, rankle, gag, chafe, erode, eat into, scrape, scratch, fuss, grate, gall, choke, niggle, eat away, fray, rub
11. (verb) fret
carve a pattern into
Synonyms: choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag
12. (verb) fret
decorate with an interlaced design
Synonyms: choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag
13. (verb) choke, gag, fret
be too tight; rub or press
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, rub, clog, rankle, conk, eat away, asphyxiate, eat into, erode, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, chafe, quip, go, scratch, heave, pass, choke off, fuss, die, suffocate, niggle, gall, exit, congest, scrag, grate, retch, stifle, fray
14. (verb) rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
cause friction
Synonyms: fuss, eat into, itch, excise, gag, choke, scratch up, nark, erode, fret, excoriate, bother, rile, scrub, gravel, strike, rub, inscribe, rankle, get to, eat away, come up, scrape up, scrape, cancel, nettle, gall, call off, chafe, get at, engrave, scratch, irritate, annoy, frazzle, niggle, rag, expunge, vex, grate, fray, devil, grave
15. (verb) erode, eat away, fret
remove soil or rock
Synonyms: gnaw, fret, rankle, gag, chafe, erode, eat into, fray, gnaw at, fuss, grate, eat at, gall, choke, wear away, eat away, niggle, rub, scratch
16. (verb) fret, eat away
wear away or erode
Synonyms: choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, fret, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag
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