fret /fret/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) agitation resulting from active worry
• (n.) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
• (n.) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a…

Chinese translation

• n. 烦躁, 磨损, 焦急, 网状饰物
• vi. 烦恼, 不满, 磨损
• vt. 使烦恼, 腐蚀, 使磨损, 使起波纹

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/fret/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-6 · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.27 · Super Super Rare

Word forms

fretted, fretting, frets

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