fret

Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.

The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.

Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).

An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.

A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.

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A ferrule, a ring.

A channel, a strait; a fretum.

A channel or passage created by the sea.

A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.

Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.

To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.

To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.

To chafe or irritate; to worry.

To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.

In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.

To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.

To mine by agitating or eating away at (ore in the bank of a river).

To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.

To be anxious, to worry.

To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.

To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.

To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

To form a pattern on; to variegate.

To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.

# To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).

To press down the string behind a fret.