fret
fret [fret frets fretted fretting] verb, noun BrE [fret] NAmE [fret]
verb (-tt-)intransitive, transitive ~ (about/over sth) | ~ (that…) (especially BrE)
to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax
•Fretting about it won't help.
•Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
v. Old English fretan ‘devour, consume’ Germanic Dutch vreten German fressen ↑eatn. sense 1 early 16th cent.n. sense 2 mid 19th cent.
Example Bank:
•Fretting, he looked again at his watch.
noun
1. one of the bars on the long thin part of a ↑guitar, etc. Frets show you where to press the strings with your fingers to produce particular sounds
•a rock guitar with a 24 fret neck
2. (also ˈsea fret) (NEngE) ↑mist or ↑fog that comes in from the sea
Word Origin:
v. Old English fretan ‘devour, consume’ Germanic Dutch vreten German fressen ↑eatn. sense 1 early 16th cent.n. sense 2 mid 19th cent.
See also: ↑sea fret
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