Definition of "fret" []

• To cause to be uneasy; vex: "fret thy soul with crosses and with cares” ( Edmund Spenser). (verb-transitive)
• To gnaw or wear away; erode. (verb-transitive)
• To produce a hole or worn spot in; corrode. See Synonyms at chafe. (verb-transitive)
• To form (a passage or channel) by erosion. (verb-transitive)
• To disturb the surface of (water or a stream); agitate. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word fret means literally “to burn or consume.”"
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• "When George Harrison plays "Here Comes the Sun," his guitar is in standard tuning, but he has a capo on the seventh fret, which is what gives it that tinkly sound ..."