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1. Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
   - interlaced, latticed, latticelike
    
2. (music) having frets

1. Worry unnecessarily or excessively
   "don't fret too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now";
   - fuss, niggle
    
2. Be agitated or irritated
   "don't fret over these small details";
   - stew [informal]
    
3. Provide (a musical instrument) with frets
   "fret a guitar"
    
4. Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
   - chafe, gall
    
5. Cause annoyance in
    
6. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
   "The injustice fretted her";
   - eat into, rankle, grate
    
7. (handicraft) carve a pattern into
    
8. Decorate with an interlaced design
    
9. Be too tight; rub or press
   "This neckband is fretting the cat";
   - choke, gag
    
10. Cause friction
    "my sweater frets";
    - rub, fray, chafe, scratch
     
11. Remove soil or rock
    - erode, eat away
     
12. Wear away or erode
    - eat away

See also: reticular, reticulate

Type of: adjoin, adorn, annoy, beautify, bother, carve, chafe, compact, compress, constrict, contact, contract, corrode, damage, decorate, devil, embellish, furnish, get at [informal], get to, grace, gravel [US], irritate, meet, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, offer, ornament, press, provide, rag, render, rile, roil [N. Amer], rust, squeeze, supply, sweat [N. Amer, informal], tick off [informal], touch, vex, worry

Antonym: unfretted

Encyclopedia: Fret