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[fret]past tense, past participle - fretted; verb(to worry or show anxiety or discontentment: She was always fretting about something or other.) trápit se, užírat se- fretful* * *• podráždění• rozdírat• sužovat• odřenina• dřít
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fret — [fret] verb [I] to worry about something continuously … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fret — I. /frɛt / (say fret) verb (fretted, fretting) –verb (i) 1. to give oneself up to feelings of irritation, resentful discontent, regret, worry, or the like. 2. to cause corrosion; gnaw. 3. to make a way by gnawing or corrosion. 4. to become eaten …
fret — fret1 [ fret ] verb intransitive to worry about something continuously: Don t fret, I ll be fine. There s no point in fretting about things you can t change. fret fret 2 [ fret ] noun count one of the raised lines across the narrow part of a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fret — Ⅰ. fret [1] ► VERB (fretted, fretting) 1) be constantly or visibly anxious. 2) gradually wear away by rubbing or gnawing. ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ a state of anxiety. ORIGIN Old … English terms dictionary
fret — verb 1) she was fretting about Jonathan Syn: worry, be anxious, feel uneasy, be distressed, be upset, upset oneself, concern oneself; agonize, sigh, pine, brood, eat one s heart out 2) his absence began to fret her Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
fret|ted — «FREHT ihd», adjective, verb. –adj. having frets. a) past tense and past participle of fret1, fret2, and fret3 … Useful english dictionary
fret — verb Syn: worry, be anxious, distress oneself, upset oneself, concern oneself, agonize, lose sleep … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
fret — Verb: To worry; to be irritated. Noun: An irritation. (French.) Freight … Ballentine's law dictionary
Fret — A fret is a raised portion on the neck of a stringed instrument, that extends generally across the full width of the neck. On most modern western instruments, frets are metal strips inserted into the fingerboard. On historical instruments and… … Wikipedia
fret — I. verb (fretted; fretting) Etymology: Middle English, to devour, fret, from Old English fretan to devour; akin to Old High German frezzan to devour, ezzan to eat more at eat Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to eat or gnaw into ; corr … New Collegiate Dictionary
fret — English has three separate words fret. Fret ‘irritate, distress’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound verb formed from the intensive prefix *fra and the verb *etan (ancestor of English eat), which meant ‘eat up, devour’. Its modern… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins