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Meaning of 'fray' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fray [ n.]
- Affray; broil; contest; combat.
- A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
2 . Fray [ v. i.]
- To rub.
- To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly.
3 . Fray [ v. t.]
- To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
- To bear the expense of; to defray.
- To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.

Meaning of 'fray' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fray [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause friction
Example in sentence:
  • my sweater scratches
Meaning (2):
- wear away by rubbing
Example in sentence:
  • The friction frayed the sleeve

Nearby Words:

fra frab frabbit fracas fracho fracid fract fracted fraction fractional

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