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fretting, present participle; fretted, past tense; fretted, past participle; frets, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Provide (a stringed instrument) with frets

  2. Play (a note) while pressing the string down against a fret
    • - fretted notes
Noun
  1. Each of a sequence of bars or ridges on the fingerboard of some stringed musical instruments (such as the guitar), used for fixing the positions of the fingers to produce the desired notes

  1. (fret) agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
  2. (fret) fuss: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
  3. (fret) be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
  4. (fret) worn spot: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
  5. (fret) provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
  6. (fret) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
  7. A fret is a raised portion on the neck of a stringed instrument, that extends generally across the full width of the neck. On most modern western instruments, frets are metal strips inserted into the fingerboard. ...
  8. (FRET (popmagazine)) FRET is a free magazine which covers the pop music scene in the Netherlands. It is published in the Dutch language. It contains interviews, reviews, a gig guide and background information about Dutch bands and artists. ...
  9. Fretting refers to wear and sometimes corrosion damage at the asperities of contact surfaces. This damage is induced under load and in the presence of repeated relative surface motion, as induced for example by vibration. ...
  10. (Fret) The fretboard of the guitar is divided into twelve squares known as frets. Fretwire is the name given to the thin metal strips that are hammered into the wood of the fretboard to delineate each fret. ...
  11. (Fret) Metal wire inlayed at intervals along the fingerboard.  The guitar player presses down on the string forcing the string to touch the fret changing the sting length and producing different notes.   There are a variety of fret wire profiles used for frets.
  12. (Fret) The metal strips placed across the fingerboard to determine semitonal spacing.
  13. (FRET) Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  14. (Fret (Fire Front)) External decorative fire front usually freestanding and finished in brass, silver or black.
  15. (fret) (verb) - to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent; fuss; trouble; hassle
  16. (Fret) One of the narrow ridges of metal, ivory, or sometimes wood, crossing the fingerboard of the guitar, mandolin, zither, etc., on which the strings are "stopped".
  17. (FRET) [Ps 37: 8] Tease, irritate, make angry
  18. (FRET) dutch music magazine - reviewed by Walter de Korver, March 2004 - translated from Dutch
  19. (Fret) A band or border composed of lines forming a succession of angles and often interlacing.
  20. (Fret) A geometric band or border designs, consisting of interlacing or interlocking lines. Also known as a key pattern.
  21. (Fret) A marker indicating the start or end of an interval.
  22. (Fret) A voided lozenge interlaced by a bendlet and a bendlet sinister.
  23. (Fret) An open-weave ornamental net which covered the hair. Wealthy women might have frets fashioned from silver or gold thread, or even studded with semi-precious stones.
  24. (Fret) On certain string instruments, a thin, raised bar placed across the fingerboard to indicate a specific position of a note, and aid in tuning that note.
  25. (Fret) Small metal bars that divide the neck into half-tones. Frets have a Crown and a Tang. They are usually make from composite metals, which includes about 18% silver.