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Fretted

/ˈfɹɛtɪd/

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

📖 Definitions of "Fretted"

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To chafe or irritate; to worry.

  3. 3

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

    "to fret the surface of water"

  4. 4

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

verb
  1. 1

    To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or with carving or relief (raised) work.

  2. 2

    To form a pattern on; to variegate.

  3. 3

    To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

verb
  1. 1

    To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.

  2. 2

    Musical senses.

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a musical instrument) Having frets.

    "The dulcimer and sitar are fretted instruments."

  2. 2

    Decorated with fretwork.

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