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# fretted

verb (fret, frets, fretted, fretting)

«fretted» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To worry and be anxious about something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fretted/#m1)
2. (of a carving) Decorated with a pattern of small crossing lines or shapes, as in «fretted work». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fretted/#m2)

### In the lessons

a person who fretted worried a lot; fretted work is carved decoration

### Examples

- She fretted about the test all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fretted/#x1)
- He fretted about his friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fretted/#x2)
- The doors had fretted carvings of flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fretted/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means worried or angry, as in being upset by a thing. In the primary lessons: a person who fretted worried a lot; fretted work is carved decoration

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fretted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fretted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fretted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fretted.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fretted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fretted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fretted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fretted.html) on Mova free.