[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.Synonyms: rage , fume", "to cause corrosion; gnaw into something:acids that fret at the strongest metals.", "to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.:The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.", "to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed byaway):Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.", "to move in agitation or commotion, as water:water fretting over the stones of a brook."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to ; irritate, annoy, or vex:You mustn't fret yourself about that.Synonyms: tease , goad , harass , worry", "to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.:the ocean fretting its shores.Synonyms: rub , grind , abrade , corrode , gnaw , erode", "to form or make by wearing away a substance:The river had fretted an underground passage.", "to agitate (water):Strong winds were fretting the channel."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an irritated state of mind; annoyance ; vexation .Synonyms: worry , agitation , harassment", "Now Rare.a wearing away; erosion ; corrosion .a worn or eroded place.", "a wearing away; erosion ; corrosion .", "a worn or eroded place."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an interlaced, angular design; fretwork .", "an design of bands within a border.", "Heraldry.a charge composed of two diagonal strips interlacing with and crossing at the center of a mascle.", "a piece of decoratively pierced work placed in a clock case to deaden the sound of the mechanism."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to ornament with a fret or fretwork ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to provide with frets."]}]