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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

Etymology 1

Old English fretan, from a base corresponding to for- + eat. Cognate with Dutch vreten, German fressen.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to fret

Third person singular
frets

Simple past
fretted or fret

Past participle
fretted or fretten(usually in compounds)

Present participle
fretting

to fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past fretted or fret, past participle fretted or fretten(usually in compounds))

1. (transitive, obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume.
2. (transitive and intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away.
3. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
4. (intransitive) To worry or be anxious.

[edit] Translations

[show ▼]to devour, consume

[show ▼]To gnaw, consume, eat away

[show ▼]To chafe or irritate; to worry

• Finnish: hermoilla, olla huolissaan

[show ▼]To worry or be anxious

• Finnish: hermoilla, olla huolissaan

• Norwegian: fortvile

[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

[edit] Noun

Singular
fret

Plural
frets

fret (plural frets)

1. (music) One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering.
2. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).

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