Crossword-Solution: FRET 4 letters, 327 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Word Word Type Definition
Fret n. See 1st Frith.
Fret v. t. To devour.
Fret v. t. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold
or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.
Fret v. t. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Fret v. t. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.
Fret v. t. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Fret v. i. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets
on the edges.
Fret v. i. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Fret v. i. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as,
rancor frets in the malignant breast.
Fret v. i. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to
utter peevish expressions.
Fret n. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or
other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Fret n. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience;
disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual
fret.
Fret n. Herpes; tetter.
Fret n. The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones
containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and
thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.
Fret v. t. To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Fret n. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
Fret n. An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats
intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical
designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.
Fret n. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver
wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.
Fret n. A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Fret n. A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the
finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the
finger is to be placed.
Fret v. t. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

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Word Anagrams
FRET anagram ERFT, FTER, REFT, TERF, TREF

We have 327 clues for the answer “FRET”

Clue Answers
"To ___ thy soul with crosses"—Spenser. 1 answer
Act a bit vexed 1 answer
Act like a worrywart 1 answer
Angular border design 1 answer
Angular design 1 answer
Apt rhyme of "sweat" 1 answer
Balalaika feature 1 answer
Banjo bar 1 answer
Banjo feature 1 answer
Banjo ridge 1 answer
Bar on a guitar 1 answer
Be a bundle of nerves 1 answer
Be a worrywart 1 answer
Be all in a tizzy 1 answer
Be constantly anxious 1 answer
Be greatly worried 1 answer
Be worried 1 answer
Be worrisome 1 answer
Become vexed 1 answer
Bite one's nails 1 answer
Bite one's nails, say 1 answer
Cello's lack 1 answer
Decorative carving 1 answer
Decorative carving or openwork. 1 answer
Embroider with gold 1 answer
Feature of a viol, but not most violins 1 answer
Feature of some necks 1 answer
Feel anxious 1 answer
Fender marking 1 answer
Fender's marking 1 answer
Finger board ridge. 1 answer
Fingerboard bar 1 answer
Fingerboard divider 1 answer
Fingerboard feature 1 answer
Fingerboard part 1 answer
Fingerboard ridge 1 answer
First word of Psalm 37. 1 answer
Get in a stew 1 answer
Get one's knickers in a twist 1 answer
Get uptight 1 answer
Get vexed 1 answer
Guitar line 1 answer
Guitar neck division 1 answer
Guitar neck feature 1 answer
Guitar neck part 1 answer
Guitar neck ridge 1 answer
Guitar neck section 1 answer
Guitar player's guide 1 answer
Guitar-neck bump 1 answer
Guitarist's neckline? 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with FRET (5)

Nobody knows the heat and fret I have been caused by it.” “And was that all?” “All.” “Oh, how glad I am I came!” she exclaimed, thankfully, as she rose from her seat.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
Best of daughters, worthy pair, What heaven brings ye needs must bear, Fret no more ’gainst Heaven’s will; Fate hath dealt with you not ill.
The Oedipus Trilogy Sophocles 2000
One arrives fresh in spirit and in person in the evening—no fret in his heart, no grime on his face, no grit in his hair, not a cinder in his eye.
What Is Man? And Other Stories Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
Mercy me! The next time you'll know better'n to fret like this....” Charity gazed at her with widening eyes.
Summer Edith Wharton 2006
Debt-collecting ruined Peter -- people talked him round too oft, For his heart was soft as butter (and the Co.'s was just as soft); He would cheer the haggard missus, and he'd tell her not to fret, And he'd ask the worried debtor round with him to have a wet; He would ask him round the corner, and it seemed to him and her, After each of Peter's visits, things were brighter than they were.
In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses Henry Lawson 2008

Quotes with FRET (3)

Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
Omar Khayyam
He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid.
Amy Carmichael
Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
Louisa May Alcott Little Women
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Used 556 times in crossword archives (1924–2025).