- FRET Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Fret comes from the Old English verb fretan, “to devour,” which shares an ancestor with another verb, etan, the ancestor of eat In centuries past, animals—or monsters, in the case of Grendel —were said to fret, as were substances that corrode, or eat away, at other substances
- FRET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
fret noun [C] (RAISED BAR) a thin, slightly raised metal bar, several of which are positioned across the neck (= long, narrow part) of some musical instruments, such as a guitar
- FRET Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Fret definition: to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like See examples of FRET used in a sentence
- FRET definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers Collins English Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary
- Fret - definition of fret by The Free Dictionary
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
- Fret - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
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, v. ² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb fret, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- What does fret mean? - Definitions. net
On instruments such as guitars, each fret represents one semitone in the standard western system where one octave is divided into twelve semitones Fret is often used as a verb, meaning simply "to press down the string behind a fret "
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