"ridge on the fingerboard of a guitar," c. 1500, of unknown origin, possibly from another sense of Old French frete "ring, ferule." Compare Middle English fret "a tie or lace& [..]

Old English fretan "devour, feed upon, consume," from Proto-Germanic compound *fra-etan "to eat up," from *fra- "completely" (see *per- (1)) + *etan "to eat" (s [..]

"ornamental interlaced pattern," late 14c., from Old French frete "interlaced work, trellis work," probably from Frankish *fetur or another Germanic source (cognates: Old English f [..]

This term is used to identify and describe interaction data displayed at SGD. In this type of experiment, an interaction is inferred when close proximity of interaction partners is detected by fluorescence resonance energy transfer between pairs of fluorophore-labeled molecules, such as occurs between CFP (donor) and YFP (acceptor) fusion proteins.

agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" fuss: worry unnecessarily or exc [..]

to be discontented; to worry

 the stop of a guitar.

 to wear away.

Metallic strip typically made of nickel-silver. Mounted on the fret board, a fret marks the position on the guitar neck where a guitar string will create a specific pitch, when pressure is applied beh [..]

A narrow strip of wood, ivory, or metal set into the neck of some stringed instruments (such as the guitar) which mark the exact points where the string should be "stopped" to produce the no [..]

An acronym for fluorescence resonance energy transfer. This is a phenomenon where excitation energy moves from a fluorescent molecule (donor) to another fluorescent molecule (accepter) when they are l [..]

(n) agitation resulting from active worry(n) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion(n) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)(n) a [..]

A raised bar across the neck of a stringed instrument. Pressing behind the fret causes the length of string capable of vibrating to shorten, raising its pitch.

Technically, the frets are the small metal bars across the neck of your guitar or bass. When you press your fingertip down between two "frets" you will fret the string and make the appropria [..]

The wire inset on fret board; also describes the distance between notes on the fretboard.

A strip of metal (vertical metal bars) that are placed on the neck (fretboard).  The term usually refers to the space between two of the metal bars (or the nut and the first metal bar for the 1st fret [..]

Dutch for ferret.

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n.(2) "net-like covering (for the head)," s.v. fret sb.\1 OED. KEY: fret@n2

n2 3 fret 3

(transitive,obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume; eat. *

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(physics) (physics) fluorescence resonance energy transfer, which is a type of the Förster phenomenon where one or both of the partners in the energy transfer are fluorescent chromophores * '''2 [..]

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