fretted

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/ˈfɹɛtɪd/ English

Definitions

verb

Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
To chafe or irritate; to worry.
To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.“to fret the surface of water”
In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.

verb

To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or with carving or relief (raised) work.
To form a pattern on; to variegate.
To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

verb

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

adjective

(of a musical instrument) Having frets.“The dulcimer and sitar are fretted instruments.”
Decorated with fretwork.

Related words

Synonyms

latticelike latticed reticular reticulate reticulated interlaced fingerboard stewed fretsome fretty fretfull stringed fretful magged fiddly fiddlesome

Antonyms

fretless unfretted

Associated

fretting frets zither dulcimer fret chordal semitone striations lute plucked

Rhymes

fetid indebted vetted retted abetted whetted netted letted petted silhouetted

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