Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fret | Yes | No | Yes | No |
choke | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fret (noun) | choke (noun) |
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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 | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | |
agitation resulting from active worry |
fret (verb) | choke (verb) |
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wear away or erode | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion |
remove soil or rock | cause to retch or choke |
cause friction | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake |
be too tight; rub or press | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
decorate with an interlaced design | reduce the air supply |
carve a pattern into | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
be agitated or irritated | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of |
cause annoyance in | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled |
gnaw into; make resentful or angry | be too tight; rub or press |
worry unnecessarily or excessively | become or cause to become obstructed |
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | wring the neck of |
provide (a musical instrument) with frets | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of |
check or slow down the action or effect of | |
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation |