Word Finder - fret

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

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

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He keeps his mind in a continual fret.

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Herpes; tetter.

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(in the plural) 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.

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

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To chafe or irritate; to worry.

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

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to fret the surface of water

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

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To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.

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

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To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.

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A wristband frets on the edges.

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To be anxious, to worry.

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

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Rancour frets in the malignant breast.

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

I wonder if you fret all day about things being done right.

If you mess up a few times at first, don't fret.

Each string works in this manner from its respective starting note moving up half a note with each fret.

To play this game, you watch the falling set of notes on the screen, holding the appropriate fret button and hitting the strum bar in time with the music.

Again, don't fret too much if you don't consider yourself a brainiac.

Fret Play - A huge collection of tabs for Zep's music can be found at Fret Play.

Once the basic guitar chords are mastered, it's easier to move on to playing chords in different fret positions.

If this scenario sounds familiar, don't fret.

One of the first things that many couples fret about once they choose to get married in Costa Rica is what needs to be done to make the nuptials legal in the United States.

You'll need to position your fingers on the strings in relation to the fifth fret of your guitar in order to play the chord correctly.

On occasion, this makes for some quick and difficult fret work.

Fret Play - A very detailed transcription can be found at Fret Play.

Fret Play - In addition to their excellent guitar tabs, Fret Play also serves bassists.

Fret Play - Fret Play is one of the better hybrid guitar and bass sites on the Internet.

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The high E string should be fretted at the third fret.

If you end up in an argument because of some of these topics, don't fret.

If the mere thought of carrying around one of these popular purses has you salivating and kicking yourself for not purchasing one at the time, don't fret.

The bottom line is that if you are unable to travel to an actual Kate Spade outlet, there's no need to fret.

If you've checked the Chinese horoscope love matches, and don't see your partner's sign paired with yours, don't fret.

Likewise, don't fret if your baby doesn't respond once in a while; he or she may just be tired!

Airport X-ray scanners will not damage film, video or computer equipment, so don't fret.

I think I will always fret about gaining back all of that weight and having to wear those moo-moos again.

If, on the other hand, you have a few reservations about your figure, don't fret!

But don't fret - there are plenty of thongs to choose from as well.

You don't have to fret about ruining your delicates, though, as long as you follow some guidelines.

Don't fret if you aren't sure where to start in your search for teen lingerie.

All you brief lovers need not fret; there are plenty of stores that sell your preferred style of underwear with cartoon characters, just as many as those who sell the boxers.

If you feel sorry for these musicians for their fleeting brush with fame, don’t fret.

Fret not, because when you make a change to the evite invitation, there is typically an option to send a mass email to all guests, even filtering out those who have already decided not to attend.

Bed bugs are visible to the human eye, so before you fret over the idea of bedbugs, do some investigative work to confirm whether or not the bugs are present.

Final d after a vowel has produced u (pea, p e d e in; niu, n i d u m; mou, to o d u m); buf when the d, in consequence of the disappearance of the preceding vowel, rests upon a consonant, it remains and passes into the corresponding surd; f r I g i d u s gives fred (pronounced fret).

First of all, if your ship is capsized, don't fret about the cessation of your operation.

A 22 fret rosewood fingerboard features crown shaped position markers.

You move the saddles until the note at the 12th fret and the 12th fret harmonic are identical.

Turn the machine head until the 5th string sounds like the 6th string with the 5th fret down.

To get you started, the opening riff is just 9th to 7th fret on the low E string.

You also need to use a full strum with the 3rd string on the 2nd fret sometime.

Then pluck at the 4th fret and you will get a note that still relates but in a more distant way.

Single pipes are usually set at " A " with a frequency of 440Hz which matches the fifth fret of the first string.

Do n't fret, you'll probably come back to life.

Unfortunately the scenery is somewhat limited by a sea fret.

It's true; I have an almost irrepressible urge to take care of everyone, coupled with a natural tendency to fret.

A newcomer to npn co-founder madeleine didn't fret the environmental lawyerthe dispute.

We've been using fluorescence resonance energy transfer, or FRET, to do this.

But do not fret, for unlike all those past years, we have a savior now.

Well, dear reader (you'll notice I use the singular ), fret no longer!

His visages have an air of rapt suavity, devotional fervency and beaming esoteric consciousness, which is intensely attractive to some minds and realizes beyond rivalry a particular ideal - that of ecclesiastical saintliness and detachment from secular fret and turmoil.

Disraeli, who at first preferred retirement and the writing of Lothair, came forward from time to time to point the moral and predict the end of Mr Gladstone's impulsive courses, which soon began to fret the confidence of his friends.

I have four sons in the army but still I don't fret.