[fret] 
verb, fret⋅ted, fret⋅ting, noun | 1. | to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help. |
| 2. | to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals. |
| 3. | to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed. |
| 4. | to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often fol. by away): Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain. |
| 5. | to move in agitation or commotion, as water: water fretting over the stones of a brook. |
| 6. | to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex: You mustn't fret yourself about that. |
| 7. | to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.: the ocean fretting its shores. |
| 8. | to form or make by wearing away a substance: The river had fretted an underground passage. |
| 9. | to agitate (water): Strong winds were fretting the channel. |
| 10. | an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation. |
| 11. | erosion; corrosion; gnawing. |
| 12. | a worn or eroded place. |
