fräta
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- acid or base corrode, to chemically damage or destroy a material with which the substance has come into contact
- of acid or base have the ability to damage or destroy, corrode, a material it come into contact with
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German vreten (eat savagely, stuff).
Origin
Middle Low German
vreten
Gloss
eat savagely, stuff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forfret English
- fret English
- fretboard English
- fretful English
- fretless English
- fretman English
- fretsaw English
- fretsome English
- fretter English
- frettest English
- fretteth English
- fretty English
- fretwork English
- overfret English
- refret English
- unfret English
- Fresser German
- Fressfeind German
- Lochfraßkorrosion German
- fressen German
- zerfressen German
- frēten Middle English
- frezzen Middle High German
- vrezzen Middle High German
- פֿרעסן Yiddish
- vreten Middle Low German