Fret

FRET

-verb

1. to distress or be distressed; worry

2. to rub or wear away

3. to irritate or be irritated; feel or give annoyance or vexation

4. to eat away or be eaten away by chemical action; corrode

5. (intr.) (of a road surface) to become loose so that potholes develop; scab

6. to agitate (water) or (of water) to be agitated

7. (trans.) to make by wearing away; erode

-noun

8. a state of irritation or anxiety

9. the result of fretting; corrosion

10. a hole or channel caused by fretting

-noun

1. a repetitive geometrical figure, especially one used as an ornamental border

2. such a pattern made in relief and with numerous small openings; fretwork

3. heraldry . a charge on a shield consisting of a mascle crossed by a saltire

-verb

4. (trans.) to ornament with fret or fretwork

-noun

any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers

-noun

short for sea fret (a wet mist or haze coming inland from the sea)

He sits close to home

Not worrying over the fret

I see him on the terrace

Fretting over territory

In this period of ardours

Leading to petty fights

Kicks and bites to the death