fret
/fɹɛt/ noun C2- 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. · He keeps his mind in a continual fret.
- Herpes; tetter (“any 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.
Plural frets
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He walked away again immediately, and she was left to fret over her own want of presence of mind: Charlotte tried to console her.
You have now done your duty by her, and must fret no longer.”
She was confident of having performed her duty; and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was no part of her disposition.
Other matches
- fret To chafe or irritate C1
- fret To decorate or ornament, especially with an int... C2
- fret To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring. C2
- fret An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated ve... C2
- fret One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood acr... C2
- fret A channel, a strait C2
- fret A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the... C2
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