fried egg
- n eggs cooked by sauteing in oil or butter; sometimes turned and cooked on both sides
fried rice
- n boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs
fret
- n agitation resulting from active worry
- n a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- n an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
there was a simple fret at the top of the walls - n 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
- v worry unnecessarily or excessively
- v be agitated or irritated
don't fret over these small details - v provide (a musical instrument) with frets
fret a guitar - v become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- v cause annoyance in
- v gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- v carve a pattern into
- v decorate with an interlaced design
- v be too tight; rub or press
- v cause friction
- v remove soil or rock
- v wear away or erode
fretsaw
- n fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines
fretwork
- n framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal