to fret

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Turkish - Turkish
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English - English
To devour, consume; eat

Adam freet of that fruit, And forsook the love of our Lord. — Piers Ploughman.

One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering
To cut through with fretsaw, create fretwork
A strait; channel
A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
If you fret about something, you worry about it. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake. = worry
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions
An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in Oriental art
To worry or be anxious
To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music
A bearing composed of bars crossed and interlaced, representing a trellis This was originally borne fretty Usually composed of eight pieces When the joints are nailed it is clouce
remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges
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
be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
cause annoyance in
Metal strips set in the fretboard in a precise pattern to divide the tones played on the guitar
To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast
Herpes; tetter
Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret
provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
A geometric repeating patter, formed by intersecting horizontal and vertical straight lines Used on a flat and narrow surface such as the frieze of a bookcase or rail of a table and chair
To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water
{i} irritation, worry, anxiety; erosion, wearing away; area that has been eroded; ornamental design; any of the ridges of wood or metal on a fingerboard (of a guitar, lute, etc.)
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
carve a pattern into
  A marker indicating the start or end of an interval
To devour
See 1st Frith
The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins
cause annoyance in provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar
To gnaw, consume, eat away
be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
wear away or erode
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
To devour, consume
To chafe or irritate; to worry
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief)
gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
A thin metal strip found on the necks of certain string instruments such as the acoustic and electric guitars, the electric bass, the mandolin, and the banjo, among others When players press down on the strings in between the frets, the string is automatically shortened at the correct pitch This helps the musician play accurate notes, but restricts his or her ability to play glissandos The unbowed strings found in the classical orchestra are generally unfretted
wear away or erode decorate with an interlaced design carve a pattern into be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
To eat in; to make way by corrosion
On certain string instruments, a thin, raised bar placed across the fingerboard to indicate a specific position of a note, and aid in tuning that note
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 an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
To impair; to wear away; to diminish
A raised bar across the neck of a stringed instrument Pressing behind the fret causes the length of string capable of vibrating to shorten, raising its pitch
To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify
{f} worry, annoy, irritate; get annoyed; become worried; corrode, erode; wear out, tire; decorate with fretwork
Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing
The frets on a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck. to worry about something, especially when there is no need. one of the raised lines on the fretboard of a guitar etc
To tease; to irritate; to vex
The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water
The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair
worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
decorate with an interlaced design
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer- In two adjacent dyes, the energy of an excited electron in one dye (the donor) is passed to an electron of an adjacent dye (the acceptor) through resonance, then released as a photon
A saltire interlaced with a mascle
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