[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fret \fret\ fre^t, v. t. imp.  p. p. fretted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. fretting. oe. freten to eat, consume; as. fretan,
   for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to d. vreten,
   ohg. frezzan, g. fressen, sw. fraumta, goth. fra-itan. see
   for, and eat, v. t.
   1. to devour. obs.
      1913 webster

            the sow frete the child right in the cradle.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            with many a curve my banks i fret.    --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to impair; to wear away; to diminish.
      1913 webster

            by starts
            his fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
      as, to fret the surface of water.
      1913 webster

   5. to tease; to irritate; to vex.
      1913 webster

            fret not thyself because of evil doers. --ps.
                                                  xxxvii. 1.
      1913 webster
see also:
fretted fretting for eat 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fretted \fret"ted\, p. p.  a. from 2d fret.
   1913 webster
   1. rubbed or worn away; chafed.
      1913 webster

   2. agitated; vexed; worried.
      1913 webster
see also:
fret 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fretted \fret"ted\, p. p.  a. see 5th fret.
   1. ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets;
      variegated; made rough on the surface.
      1913 webster

   2. her. interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and
      ordinaries.
      1913 webster
see also:
fret 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fretted
     adj 1: having frets ant: unfretted
     2: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework syn: interlaced,
         latticed, latticelike
see also:
unfretted interlaced latticed latticelike 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fretted
     see fret
see also:
fret 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fret
     n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
          stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" syn: stew, sweat,
           lather, swither
     2: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion syn:
        worn spot
     3: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and
        horizonal lines often in relief; "there was a simple
        fret at the top of the walls" syn: greek fret, greek
        key, key pattern
     4: 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
     v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much
          over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" syn: fuss,
           niggle
     2: be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small
        details"
     3: provide a musical instrument with frets; "fret a guitar"
     4: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing syn: chafe, gall
     5: cause annoyance in
     6: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "the unjustice rankled
        her"; "his resentment festered" syn: eat into, rankle,
         grate
     7: carve a pattern into
     8: decorate with an interlaced design
     9: be too tight; rub or press; "this neckband is choking the
        cat" syn: choke, gag
     10: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" syn: rub, fray,
         chafe, scratch
     11: remove soil or rock; "rain eroded the terraces" syn: erode,
          eat away
     12: wear away or erode syn: eat away
     also: fretting, fretted
see also:
stew sweat lather swither worn spot greek fret 
greek key key pattern fuss niggle chafe 
gall eat into rankle grate choke 
gag rub fray scratch erode 
eat away fretting fretted 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 moby thesaurus words for "fretted":
   beset, braided, dogged, enlaced, entwined, handwoven, harassed,
   harried, haunted, hounded, interknit, interlaced, interthreaded,
   intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven, knit, laced,
   loomed, persecuted, plagued, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled,
   textile, tormented, twined, vexed, worried, worried sick,
   worried stiff, woven, wreathed

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