Fray

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A scuffle; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
  • n. A heated dispute or contest.
  • v. Archaic To alarm; frighten.
  • v. Archaic To drive away.
  • v. To strain; chafe: repeated noises that fray the nerves.
  • v. To wear away (the edges of fabric, for example) by rubbing.
  • verb-intransitive. To become worn away or tattered along the edges.
  • n. A frayed or threadbare spot, as on fabric.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Affray; broil; contest; combat; brawl; melee.
  • n. fright
  • v. To unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
  • v. To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
  • v. (archaic) frighten
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An angry quarrel; an affray; contest; combat; broil.
  • v. To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
  • v. To bear the expense of; to defray.
  • v. To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth.
  • verb-intransitive. To rub.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • n. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An affray; a battle; an assault; a quarrel with violence.
  • n. A brawl; a riot; a mêlée.
  • n. A chase; a hunt.
  • n. Synonyms Mêlée, Brawl, etc. See quarrel, n.
  • To put in fear; terrify; frighten; deter by fear.
  • To maltreat; misuse.
  • To contend; combat; fight.
  • To rub; grate.
  • To rub away the surface of; fret, as cloth by wearing, or the skin by friction; especially, to ravel out the edge of, as a piece of stuff, by drawing out threads of the warp so that the threads of the weft make a kind of fringe: in this sense usually with out.
  • To rub against something.
  • To yield to rubbing or fretting; ravel out, as cloth.
  • n. A fret or chafe in cloth, a cord, etc.; a place injured or weakened by rubbing: as, a fray in an angler's line.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause friction
  • v. wear away by rubbing
  • n. a noisy fight
  • Verb Form
    frayed    fraying    frays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    touch    adjoin    meet    contact    break    bust    wear out    fall apart    wear    fight   
    Form
    frayed    fraying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affray    contest    combat    broil    frighten    terrify    alarm    defray    rub    ravel   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A    A.    Bay    Bombay    Bua    Ca    Cabernet    Calais    Cathay    Chevrolet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tattered    silken    woolen    threadbare    scarlet    plaid    sodden    rag    greasy    dirty