What is the meaning of Fret?

Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.

To chafe or irritate; to worry.

To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.

In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.

To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.

To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.

To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.

To be anxious, to worry.

To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.

To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.

Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.

Herpes; tetter (β€œany of various pustular skin conditions”).

The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.

An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.

A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or with carving or relief (raised) work.

To form a pattern on; to variegate.

To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

A ferrule, a ring.

One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.

To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.

Musical senses.

  1. To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).

    To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).

    To press down the string behind a fret.

    A channel, a strait; a fretum.

    A channel or passage created by the sea.

    A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.

    ferret, Mustela putorius furo

    fret, on the neck on for example a guitar

    freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat

    rental of a ship, in whole or in part

    freight, cargo, payload

    Romanization of π†π‚πŒ΄π„

    Eating up; wearing away.

    A decoration or adornment.

    A netted headcovering.

    A thin saltire.

    A tie or loop.

    A fee (usually paid to secure peace).

    Alternative form of freten (β€œto decorate”)

    third-person singular present indicative of frΔ“dan

    charge (demand of payment in exchange for goods or services)

    past participle of fraindre

    Source: wiktionary.org