fret

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
2. Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
3. Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
4. (in-plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.

Verb

1. (obsolete, poetic, transitive) Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
2. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
3. (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
4. (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
5. (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
6. (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
7. (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
8. (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
9. (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
10. (intransitive) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.

Verb

1. (transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
2. (transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
3. (transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

Verb

1. To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
2. (transitive) Musical senses.
3. (transitive) Musical senses.

Conceptes

afligir-se

amoïnar-se

polir

preocupació

rascar

ratllar

raure

rosegar

inquietud

amargar

esgarrapar

trast

corroir-se

desgastar

desgastar-se

erosionar-se

crispar

fregar-se

refregar-se

arpar

garfinyar

unglejar

capficar-se

neguitejar-se

gratar

intranquilitat

malestar

Sinònims

worry

chafe

fray

eat away

fuss

rub

irritate

rankle

scratch

gall

erode

worry about

irritation

wear away

vex

stew

🍲

sweat

😓

lather

irk

bother

grate

anxious

pique

chafe at

swither

annoy

grieve

vexation

corrode

uneasiness

aggravate

wear down

tatter

choke

tease

ail

trouble

provoke

niggle

repine

fidget

exasperate

anxiety

exacerbate

pester

despond

abrade

eat into

eat

🍽️

eat up

Traduccions

traste

Bund

frette

στενοχωριέμαι

tracasser

inquiéter

αναταραχή

δυσφορώ

δυσφορία

ενοχλώ

ερεθίζω

αδημονώ

τάστο

ερεθίζομαι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fɹɛt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: frēten

Heretat de anglès antic: fretan

Cognat amb francès: fretter

Cognat amb neerlandès: vreten

Cognat amb baix alemany: freten

Cognat amb alemany: fressen

Cognat amb gòtic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

Cognat amb suec: fräta

Cognat amb danès: fråse

Heretat de anglès mitjà: freten

Cognat amb francès: frette

In summary

From Middle English frēten (“to eat (at), corrode, destroy, annoy”), from Old English fretan (“to eat up, devour; to fret; to break, burst”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to consume, devour, eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-, prefix meaning ‘completely, fully’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward, toward”)) + *etaną (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)).
The senses meaning “to chafe, rub” could also be due to sound-association with Anglo-Norman *freiter (modern dialectal French fretter), from Vulgar Latin *frictāre, frequentative of Latin fricāre, from fricō (“to chafe, rub”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”); compare Old French froter (modern French frotter). The chief difficulty is the lack of evidence of the Old French word.
Cognates
*Dutch vreten, fretten (“to devour, hog, wolf”)
*Low German freten (“to eat up”)
*German fressen (“to devour, gobble up, guzzle”)
*Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan, “to devour”)
*Swedish fräta (“to eat away, corrode, fret”)
*Danish fråse (“to gorge”)