fret vs sweat

fret

verb
  • To be anxious, to worry. 

  • To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion. 

  • To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

sweat

verb
  • To worry. 

  • To stress out. 

  • To cause to excrete moisture through skin. 

  • To emit sweat. 

  • To worry about (something). 

  • To cause to perspire. 

  • To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. 

  • To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. 

  • To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. 

  • To emit moisture. 

  • To solder (a pipe joint) together. 

  • To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. 

  • To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. 

  • To work hard. 

  • To emit, in the manner of sweat. 

  • To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds. 

noun
  • The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis. 

  • Hard work; toil. 

  • A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. 

  • An extremely competitive player. 

  • The sweating sickness. 

  • Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. 

  • A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). 

  • Moisture issuing from any substance. 

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