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- DictionaryFret/fret/
verb
- 1. be constantly or visibly worried or anxious: "she fretted about the cost of groceries"
- 2. gradually wear away (something) by rubbing or gnawing: "the bay's black waves fret the seafront"
noun
- 1. a state of anxiety or worry: British "why would anyone get themselves in a fret over something so simple?"
The meaning of FRET is to eat or gnaw into : corrode; also : fray. How to use fret in a sentence. Fret and Eating.
Fret definition: to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. See examples of FRET used in a sentence.
FRET definition: 1. to be nervous or worried: 2. any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a…. Learn more.
When you fret, you worry so much about something that it eats away at you. Many people fret about taking standardized tests, but really, they're nothing to sweat. Fret comes from the Old English word freton which means to devour like an animal.
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. 3. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc. 4. to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often fol. by away). 5. to move in agitation or commotion, as water.
FRET meaning: 1. to be nervous or worried: 2. any of the small raised metal bars across the long, thin part of a…. Learn more.
1. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help. 2. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something. acids that fret at the strongest metals. 3. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc. The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
Fret definition: to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. See examples of FRET used in a sentence.
Definition of fret verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Irritation; worry. (physics) Förster resonance energy transfer. (physics) Fluorescence resonance energy transfer, which is a type of the Förster phenomenon where one or both of the partners in the energy transfer are fluorescent chromophores.
