ALL meanings of fretting
fret
F f - noun fretting Present participle of fret. 1
- verb without object fretting to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help. 1
- verb without object fretting to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals. 1
- verb without object fretting to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed. 1
- verb without object fretting to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed by away): Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain. 1
- verb without object fretting to move in agitation or commotion, as water: water fretting over the stones of a brook. 1
- verb with object fretting to provide with frets. 1
- noun fretting any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points. 1
- noun fretting Action of the verb to fret. 0