1. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] worry unnecessarily or excessively.

Words that Rhyme with Fret

• cabriolet
• suffragette
• sobriquet
• minuet
• luncheonette
• laviolette
• galudet
• flageolet
• falconet
• dancanet
• clarinet
• calumet
• antoinette
• willamette
• tagamet
• statuette
• slushayete
• silhouette
• sextet
• quintet
• quartet
• pinochet
• nicolette
• nicolet
• lorgnette
• larroquette
• kitchenette
• intermet
• henriette
• cullinet

Example sentences of the word fret

1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Some parents fret that their teenagers may not want to see them on campus.

2. Verb, base form
If you've never exercised much, don't fret, though: it's not a lost cause.

3. Noun, singular or mass
Ascend up the neck, playing each note at the next fret until you find the dead fret.

4. Adjective
Tap on the block of wood three times with the hammer to drive the fret down.

5. Proper noun, singular
Remove the towel from between the fret board and strings.

Quotes containing the word fret

1. Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
- Kate Winslet

2. Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
- Omar Khayyám

3. He hath never failed thee yet.Never will His love forget.O fret not thyself nor letThy heart be troubled,Neither let it be afraid.
- Amy Carmichael

2. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] be agitated or irritated.

3. fret

noun. ['ˈfrɛt'] a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch.

4. fret

noun. ['ˈfrɛt'] agitation resulting from active worry.

5. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] carve a pattern into.

6. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] decorate with an interlaced design.

7. fret

noun. ['ˈfrɛt'] an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).

8. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] remove soil or rock.

9. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] gnaw into; make resentful or angry.

10. fret

verb. ['ˈfrɛt'] be too tight; rub or press.