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Fretted
/ˈfɹɛtɪd/
Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
📖 Definitions of "Fretted"
- 1
Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
- 2
To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- 3
To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
"to fret the surface of water"
- 4
In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- 1
To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or with carving or relief (raised) work.
- 2
To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- 3
To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- 1
To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- 2
Musical senses.
- 1
(of a musical instrument) Having frets.
"The dulcimer and sitar are fretted instruments."
- 2
Decorated with fretwork.
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