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Fret

speaker
speaker

Meaning

Verb

Especially when
: to
,
, or eat.
To
or
; to worry.
To make
, to
or
; to cause to ripple.
In the form
out: to
, to waste.
To
; to
, to
away.
To be
or
; to be
or
; to
through
or worry.
To be
; to
; to fray.
In Emotions:
To be
, to worry.
To be
; to
; to be in
commotion.
In Brewing & Oenology:
To have
(fermentation
after the
of
to
in
and
) take place.
In Architecture:
To
or
, especially with an
or
, or (architecture) with
or
(raised) work.
To form a
on; to variegate.
To
with a
, to create fretwork.
To
, to
,
with a
or ring.
In Music:
  • Musical senses.
  • To
    (a
    instrument).
  • To
    the
    behind a fret.
  • Noun

    Agitation of the
    of a
    by
    or some other cause; a
    of water.
    Agitation of the
    by
    and
    ;
    of
    ; irritation.
    Herpes;
    (“any of various
    conditions”).
    In Mining:
    The
    of
    , where
    or
    them
    after being
    down from higher
    , which thus
    to
    the
    of
    of ore.
    In Heraldic charges:
    A
    with a mascle.
    A
    , a ring.
    In Music:
    One of the
    of
    ,
    or
    across the
    of a
    or other
    that
    where a
    should be
    to
    a
    played.
    A
    , a
    ; a fretum.
    A
    or
    by the sea.
    In Northumbrian English & Fog:
    A
    or
    , or
    from the
    .
    In Physics:
    Förster
    transfer
    In Physics:
    fluorescence
    , which is a type of the Förster
    where one or both of the
    in the
    are
    chromophores
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    fret
    English
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    freten
    Middle English (1100-1500)
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    fretan
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    freten
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    fretum
    Latin
    Sourced from
    Etym
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