Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither (agitation resulting from active worry) "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
S: (n) worn spot, fret (a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion)
S: (n) fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern (an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)) "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
S: (n) fret (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)
Verb
S: (v) fuss, niggle, fret (worry unnecessarily or excessively) "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
S: (v) fret (be agitated or irritated) "don't fret over these small details"
S: (v) damage (inflict damage upon) "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
S: (v) burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation) "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
S: (v) frost (damage by frost) "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
S: (v) bilge (cause to leak) "the collision bilged the vessel"
S: (v) break (render inoperable or ineffective) "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
S: (v) total (damage beyond the point of repair) "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
S: (v) bruise (damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure) "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
S: (v) disturb (damage as if by shaking or jarring) "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
S: (v) afflict, smite (cause physical pain or suffering in) "afflict with the plague"
S: (v) hurt, injure (cause damage or affect negatively) "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
S: (v) impair (make worse or less effective) "His vision was impaired"
S: (v) flaw, blemish (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective)
S: (v) corrode, eat, rust (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid) "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"