fretting

v. worry, annoy, irritate; get annoyed; become worried; corrode, erode; wear out, tire; decorate with fretwork

Fretting (or fretting corrosion) refers to corrosion damage at the asperities of contact surfaces. This damage is induced under load and in the presence of repeated relative surface motion, as induced for example by vibration. The ASM Handbook on Fatigue and Fracture defines fretting as: "A special wear process that occurs at the contact area between two materials under load and subject to minute relative motion by vibration or some other force."
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Noun
1. agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
(synonym) stew, sweat, lather, swither
(hypernym) agitation
(derivation) fuss, niggle
2. a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
(synonym) worn spot
(hypernym) spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
(derivation) chafe, gall
3. an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
(synonym) Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
(hypernym) architectural ornament
4. a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
(hypernym) bar
Verb
1. worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
(synonym) fuss, niggle
(hypernym) worry
(hyponym) scruple
(derivation) stew, sweat, lather, swither
2. be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
(hypernym) worry
(hyponym) dither
3. provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
4. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
(synonym) chafe, gall
(hypernym) irritate
(derivation) worn spot
5. cause annoyance in
(hypernym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
6. gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
(synonym) eat into, rankle, grate
(hypernym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
7. carve a pattern into
(hypernym) carve
(hyponym) honeycomb
(derivation) Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
(classification) handicraft
8. decorate with an interlaced design
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(derivation) Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
9. be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
(synonym) choke, gag
(hypernym) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
10. cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
(synonym) rub, fray, chafe, scratch
(hypernym) touch, adjoin, meet, contact
11. remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
(synonym) erode, eat away
(hypernym) damage
(hyponym) wash
12. wear away or erode
(synonym) eat away
(hypernym) corrode, rust

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
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Synonyms and related words:
ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, annoying, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxiety, anxious, attrition, attritive, bothersome, breathless, breathless impatience, buffing, burnishing, chafe, chafing, detrition, disquieting, disquietude, distressful, distressing, disturbing, dressing, eager, eagerness, edgy, erasure, erosion, erosive, excited, excitement, filing, fretful, fretfulness, galling, gnawing, grating, grazing, grinding, harassing, harassment, haste, hasty, hopped-up, impatience, impatient, impatientness, impetuous, impetuousness, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, irritant, irritating, irritative, lather, limation, on edge, plaguing, polishing, rasping, restive, restiveness, restless, restlessness, rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scratchy, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shining, smoothing, squirming, squirmy, stew, stinging, sweat, tense readiness, torment, tormenting, troublesome, uneasiness, uneasy, unpatient, unpatientness, unquiet, unquietness, upsetting, wear, wearing away, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrisome, worry, worrying