To drive off; frighten away; put to flight.To drive; compel; urge.To beat; whip; chastise.To vex; worry; harass; plague; tease; disturb.To do for; settle or finish.To fret; be in a fume; worry: as, she frets and feezes.n. A race; a run; a running start, as for a leap.n. Vexation; worry; fret.To sneeze.To untwist the end of (anything made of threads or fibers); ravel out.To untwist; ravel out.To dawdle; loiter.To screw; twist; tighten by screwing.