Fret comes from the Old English verb fretan, “to devour,” which shares an ancestor with another verb, etan, the ancestor of eat. In centuries past, animals—or monsters, in the case of Grendel —were …

fret noun [C] (RAISED BAR) a thin, slightly raised metal bar, several of which are positioned across the neck (= long, narrow part) of some musical instruments, such as a guitar

FRET definition: to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. See examples of fret used in a sentence.

If you fret about something, you worry about it. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems. [V + about/over] But congressional staffers fret that the project will …

1. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. 2. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals.

Definition of fret verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

It turned out that it was nothing to fret about/over. Don't get in (such) a fret! We won't miss the plane.

to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: [no object] Don't fret; things will get better. [~ + about + object] fretting about the lost ring. [~ + at + object] He was fretting at the traffic delay in the …

On instruments such as guitars, each fret represents one semitone in the standard western system where one octave is divided into twelve semitones. Fret is often used as a verb, meaning simply "to …

To Be Worried or Anxious: The most common use of "fret" in contemporary English implies a state of worry or agitation. For instance, one might say, "She frets about her exams," indicating a state of …