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Fret comes from the old english verb fretan, “to devour,” which shares an ancestor with another verb, etan, the ancestor of eat. 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 See examples of fret used in a sentence.

Fret is analogous to near-field communication, in that the radius of interaction is much smaller than the wavelength of light emitted. Acids that fret at the strongest metals. If you fret about something, you worry about it.

I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems. [v + about/over] but congressional staffers fret that the project will.