FRETTING
- Gradually wear away (something) by rubbing or gnawing
- Flow or move in small waves
- Be constantly or visibly worried or anxious
- Cause (someone) worry or distress
- Form (a channel or passage) by rubbing or wearing away
- FRET, to worry (to feel anxious and uneasy about something) [v]
- the act of fretting [n -S]