To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
To be anxious, to worry.
To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
To press down the string behind a fret.
To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
To chafe or irritate; to worry.
To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
To form a pattern on; to variegate.
To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
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.
A channel or passage created by the sea.
One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
A channel, a strait; a fretum.
To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)
To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
To call or give a name or title to.
The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
A small, thin, pointed body part.
A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.