fret
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(verb) wear away or erode |
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Synonyms: eat away |
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Related Words: corrode, rust |
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(verb) decorate with an interlaced design |
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Related Words: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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(verb) carve a pattern into |
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Related Words: carve, honeycomb |
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(verb) be agitated or irritated |
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Related Words: dither, worry |
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(verb) cause annoyance in |
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Related Words: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: bar |
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(noun) agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" |
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Synonyms: lather, stew, sweat, swither |
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Related Words: agitation |
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(verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry |
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Synonyms: eat into, grate, rankle |
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Related Words: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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(verb) remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "Rain eroded the terraces" |
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Synonyms: eat away, erode |
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Related Words: damage, wash |
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(verb) cause friction |
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Synonyms: chafe, fray, rub, scratch |
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Related Words: adjoin, meet, touch |
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(verb) be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is chocking the cat" |
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Synonyms: choke, gag |
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Related Words: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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(verb) worry unnecessarily of excessively |
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Synonyms: fuss, niggle |
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Related Words: dither, flap, pother, scruple, worry |
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(verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing |
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Synonyms: chafe, gall |
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Related Words: irritate |
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