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verb freɪfreɪ 1no object (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing. Example sentencesExamples - The hallway was a drab grey and the worn carpet was fraying.
- This fabric doesn't fray, comes in a wide array of patterns and solids, and does not need to be hemmed or sewn!
- The moist tawny plumpness of the peaches, dabbled with thick but scratched crimson so that they look like frayed velvet, is further accentuated by the hard cracked shells of the walnuts alongside them on the tablecloth.
- The cloth had frayed at the edges; the tassels had unraveled.
- This is a fabric which frays badly and the best way to finish it is to encase those edges within the seams.
- ‘Cheap’ thread will fray, break and cause knotting of the thread while sewing.
- He had a long black coat that trailed the floor slightly, the edges torn and frayed, obviously often used.
- At his feet was a strip of dirt colored cloth, frayed at the edges.
- Often the chimps modified the fishing probe, pulling it through their teeth to fray the end like a paintbrush.
- The cheap, no-frills fix is to simply melt the end of the frayed shoelace with the lighter.
- At intervals of around 2 inches there is fraying all along the edges of the collar and sleeves.
- That much was true, but I'd overlooked just how much of the fabric has frayed or worn a little bit, exposing the pure-white threads underneath the blue.
- First thing that shocks is the decor - everything looks really dated - the sofas seem to be fraying at the edges and the wooden dancefloor is in a poor condition.
- Irate motorists who haven't read the highway code I can deal with, being scruffy because my jacket is already fraying at the edges is another matter.
- Trevelyan himself was present, bent with age, his musty gown fraying at the edges - emblematic, I remember thinking, of an old order passing.
- Underground cables become frayed from aging, corrosive chemicals, overload or rats biting them.
- Moreover, overlocking seams and hemming garments are not necessary because the fabric doesn't fray.
- The paper was thin and the edges were beginning to fray from age.
- The girl quickly tucked the blue ends of her hair into her black fraying sweater, concealing them from sight, and jogged up the steps to the church building.
- Ribbons fray over time, and they have to be replaced.
Synonyms unravel, wear, wear thin, wear out, wear away, wear through, become worn, become threadbare, become tattered, become ragged, go into holes, go through unravelling, unravelled, worn, well worn, threadbare, tattered, ragged, holey, moth-eaten, shabby torn, ripped, split worn out, worn through, worn thin, in holes, in tatters, falling to pieces, the worse for wear informal tatty, ratty North American informal raggedy - 1.1 (of a person's nerves or temper) show the effects of strain.
as the temperature rose, tempers frayed Example sentencesExamples - Nerves are beginning to fray as the match reaches a tense climax.
- After a weekend of each other's company, nerves had become frayed.
- School plays and concerts were great occasions, when nerves became frayed in the run-up to the big night.
- The call came at a meeting of police and villagers, during which tempers frayed as residents complained of a lack of police presence and support.
- Despite this I was full of restless energy, and my nerves were fraying.
- With nerves frayed and frustration pent up, we are at the edge.
- Cyclists, horse carts, two-wheelers, three-wheelers and loaded lorries all jostled for their bit of space while horns blared and tempers got increasingly frayed.
- She wrote a few days ago that she considered quitting her job as a columnist after six months because her nerves got frayed.
- And he warns that people need to take steps to avoid long term mental health problems caused by seasonal frazzled nerves, frayed tempers, and over-indulgence.
- And as nerves fray and tempers rise you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.
- Malhavoc puffed his cigarette quickly, his nerves frayed.
- As we draw closer and closer to the time of departure the days grow more hectic and my nerves more frayed.
- Working eight-hour days, it has been hard for the cast to stay focused and nerves do occasionally fray.
- It was getting louder… her head was ringing - her nerves were fraying - everything was stretching, threatening to snap.
- Having a baby is a joyful but potentially stressful time as mothers and fathers have less sleep than usual and nerves can become frayed.
- Already kept waiting for more then two hours, his temper was fraying.
- The cottonwoods shimmered, the dirt turned gold, but back at camp that night, everyone's nerves frayed from a long day on the rock, emotions ran high.
- Tempers are fraying rapidly, while frustration grows at the Government's handling of the outbreak.
- What with that and the Cajun music my nerves are beginning to fray somewhat.
- But as Christmas approaches and everybody's temper gets frayed, it is the low-level aggression that wears staff down.
Synonyms strain, tax, overtax, irritate, put on edge, make edgy, make tense strained, taxed, overtaxed, irritated, edgy, tense, stressed, fraught
2with object (of a male deer) rub (a bush or small tree) with the head in order to remove the velvet from newly formed antlers, or to mark territory during the rut. bucks mark their territory by fraying small trees
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French freiier, from Latin fricare 'to rub'. The spelling fray represents two distinct words. The verb meaning ‘to unravel’ comes from Latin fricare ‘to rub’, found also in friction (mid 16th century). A person eager to fight might ‘plunge into the fray’. This comes from the same root as the old legal term affray, Old French afrayer ‘to disturb, startle’. Someone frazzled (early 19th century) with exhaustion might not be surprised to hear that the word is probably linked with fray meaning ‘to unravel’.
Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea noun freɪfreɪ the fray1A situation of intense competitive activity. ten companies intend to bid for the contract, with three more expected to enter the fray Example sentencesExamples - The second round saw some of the stronger teams from last year's competition enter the fray, and some of the first round qualifiers stepped up their game yet further under the afternoon sun.
- The deal has set the hares running in the industry and some investors are betting a rival suitor, possibly from the US, will enter the fray with a higher offer.
- It is also expected that some other candidates will enter the fray before convention night.
- But the fact that she's still willing to enter the fray is in itself a tribute to her survival skills.
- I believe he has achieved that - but the big American chemists could still enter the fray.
- And later we'll also investigate another energy option keen to enter the fray: geothermal power.
- There are also rumours that a financial bidder could enter the fray and then sell stores to the supermarket giant, which was very disappointed not be cleared.
- I can't wait to enter the fray again, to challenge ignorance, to mock hypocrisy, to defeat a lie.
- Day by day, new names enter the fray and it looks as if there will be a bumper number of candidates for the elections to be held on 11 th June.
- Many scientists enter the fray from evolutionary biology, the branch of science that conflicts most directly with religion.
- Second, will another, more appealing bidder enter the fray?
- Although it feels like it has been going on for decades, alas, it's still a necessary discussion, and I've been meaning to enter the fray.
- That Aberdeen game saw him enter the fray as a first-half substitute, only to suffer the indignity of being hooked later in the game.
- Overall domestic market share is down and it's recently been falling in the light truck sector, as new foreign competitors enter the fray.
- Old enemies take a stand and strangers enter the fray.
- It is possible other bidders could enter the fray, if the take-out price is seen as too low.
- As the game progressed I was itching to get a run and with eight minutes to go, I got the nod to enter the fray.
- But to do that, they would have to want to enter the fray, starting from the bottom and working their way up the pecking order at rock festivals.
- What is really necessary is to curb the number of independent candidates who enter the fray, to no useful purpose.
- To enter the fray, you need to know the business and have pretty thick skin.
- 1.1 A battle or fight.
he charged into the thick of the fray and went down fighting Example sentencesExamples - See how the rotten beams are tumbling down, and how the patched and broken windows seem to scowl dimly, like eyes that have been hurt in drunken frays.
- Kate felt a rush of adrenaline as she drew the silver sword and flew into the fray, her war cry calling the phantom armies to her.
- You can wade into the fray and battle the many monsters the game tosses your way, but at times you also will have to switch into a special mode which slows everything.
- She decided to weave her way through the fray, trying to avoid battles, but one knight insisted on aiding her.
- It's a sad situation, but it's changed now completely because the United States of America has entered the battle and the fray with all of our resources.
- Police officers pushed several against cars to separate them from the fray as the fight spilled into a parking garage.
- Four scuffles during the game, with one fight in particular arousing a supporter to the point that he decided to enter the fray by attacking one of the players himself.
- France entered into the fray as an ally of Russia and declared war on Germany.
- Damion would not allow her entry to the city, but if she hung back until he was in the fray, she could sneak herself into the battle and be of some use.
- This is a book you cannot put down, as each page brings the reader deeper into the fray of battle.
- Despite these frays, the black children realize they are financially superior.
- Abruptly, Beth and the other vampire joined the fray, fighting with teeth as well as preternatural speed and strength.
- Nor can he explain his unprecedented ability to quickly heal from his frequent frays.
- Mayu is nearby, hears the battle, and rushes into the fray.
- What clearly separated her from the others in the fray was her controlled aggression.
Synonyms battle, engagement, conflict, armed conflict, fight, clash, skirmish, altercation, tussle, struggle, scuffle, melee, brawl, riot, commotion, disturbance contest, competition informal scrap, dust-up, set-to, free-for-all British informal punch-up, bust-up, ruck British informal, Football afters Scottish informal rammy, swedge Law, dated affray
Origin Late Middle English: from archaic fray 'to quarrel', from affray 'startle', from Anglo-Norman French afrayer (see affray). verbfrāfreɪ [no object]1(of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing. the frayed collar of her old coat Example sentencesExamples - This fabric doesn't fray, comes in a wide array of patterns and solids, and does not need to be hemmed or sewn!
- Trevelyan himself was present, bent with age, his musty gown fraying at the edges - emblematic, I remember thinking, of an old order passing.
- First thing that shocks is the decor - everything looks really dated - the sofas seem to be fraying at the edges and the wooden dancefloor is in a poor condition.
- That much was true, but I'd overlooked just how much of the fabric has frayed or worn a little bit, exposing the pure-white threads underneath the blue.
- The hallway was a drab grey and the worn carpet was fraying.
- Irate motorists who haven't read the highway code I can deal with, being scruffy because my jacket is already fraying at the edges is another matter.
- Moreover, overlocking seams and hemming garments are not necessary because the fabric doesn't fray.
- ‘Cheap’ thread will fray, break and cause knotting of the thread while sewing.
- At his feet was a strip of dirt colored cloth, frayed at the edges.
- Underground cables become frayed from aging, corrosive chemicals, overload or rats biting them.
- This is a fabric which frays badly and the best way to finish it is to encase those edges within the seams.
- The moist tawny plumpness of the peaches, dabbled with thick but scratched crimson so that they look like frayed velvet, is further accentuated by the hard cracked shells of the walnuts alongside them on the tablecloth.
- The cloth had frayed at the edges; the tassels had unraveled.
- The paper was thin and the edges were beginning to fray from age.
- Ribbons fray over time, and they have to be replaced.
- The cheap, no-frills fix is to simply melt the end of the frayed shoelace with the lighter.
- The girl quickly tucked the blue ends of her hair into her black fraying sweater, concealing them from sight, and jogged up the steps to the church building.
- At intervals of around 2 inches there is fraying all along the edges of the collar and sleeves.
- Often the chimps modified the fishing probe, pulling it through their teeth to fray the end like a paintbrush.
- He had a long black coat that trailed the floor slightly, the edges torn and frayed, obviously often used.
Synonyms unravelling, unravelled, worn, well worn, threadbare, tattered, ragged, holey, moth-eaten, shabby unravel, wear, wear thin, wear out, wear away, wear through, become worn, become threadbare, become tattered, become ragged, go into holes, go through - 1.1 (of a person's nerves or temper) show the effects of strain.
Example sentencesExamples - With nerves frayed and frustration pent up, we are at the edge.
- But as Christmas approaches and everybody's temper gets frayed, it is the low-level aggression that wears staff down.
- Already kept waiting for more then two hours, his temper was fraying.
- And as nerves fray and tempers rise you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.
- School plays and concerts were great occasions, when nerves became frayed in the run-up to the big night.
- Tempers are fraying rapidly, while frustration grows at the Government's handling of the outbreak.
- Despite this I was full of restless energy, and my nerves were fraying.
- As we draw closer and closer to the time of departure the days grow more hectic and my nerves more frayed.
- It was getting louder… her head was ringing - her nerves were fraying - everything was stretching, threatening to snap.
- She wrote a few days ago that she considered quitting her job as a columnist after six months because her nerves got frayed.
- Cyclists, horse carts, two-wheelers, three-wheelers and loaded lorries all jostled for their bit of space while horns blared and tempers got increasingly frayed.
- Nerves are beginning to fray as the match reaches a tense climax.
- Malhavoc puffed his cigarette quickly, his nerves frayed.
- Having a baby is a joyful but potentially stressful time as mothers and fathers have less sleep than usual and nerves can become frayed.
- The cottonwoods shimmered, the dirt turned gold, but back at camp that night, everyone's nerves frayed from a long day on the rock, emotions ran high.
- Working eight-hour days, it has been hard for the cast to stay focused and nerves do occasionally fray.
- And he warns that people need to take steps to avoid long term mental health problems caused by seasonal frazzled nerves, frayed tempers, and over-indulgence.
- After a weekend of each other's company, nerves had become frayed.
- What with that and the Cajun music my nerves are beginning to fray somewhat.
- The call came at a meeting of police and villagers, during which tempers frayed as residents complained of a lack of police presence and support.
Synonyms strained, taxed, overtaxed, irritated, edgy, tense, stressed, fraught strain, tax, overtax, irritate, put on edge, make edgy, make tense - 1.2with object (of a male deer) rub (a bush or small tree) with the head in order to remove the velvet from newly formed antlers, or to mark territory during the rut.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French freiier, from Latin fricare ‘to rub’. nounfreɪfrā the fray1A situation of intense activity, typically one incorporating an element of aggression or competition. nineteen companies intend to bid for the contract, with three more expected to enter the fray Example sentencesExamples - Although it feels like it has been going on for decades, alas, it's still a necessary discussion, and I've been meaning to enter the fray.
- But to do that, they would have to want to enter the fray, starting from the bottom and working their way up the pecking order at rock festivals.
- What is really necessary is to curb the number of independent candidates who enter the fray, to no useful purpose.
- The second round saw some of the stronger teams from last year's competition enter the fray, and some of the first round qualifiers stepped up their game yet further under the afternoon sun.
- Old enemies take a stand and strangers enter the fray.
- It is also expected that some other candidates will enter the fray before convention night.
- Overall domestic market share is down and it's recently been falling in the light truck sector, as new foreign competitors enter the fray.
- But the fact that she's still willing to enter the fray is in itself a tribute to her survival skills.
- I can't wait to enter the fray again, to challenge ignorance, to mock hypocrisy, to defeat a lie.
- It is possible other bidders could enter the fray, if the take-out price is seen as too low.
- And later we'll also investigate another energy option keen to enter the fray: geothermal power.
- Many scientists enter the fray from evolutionary biology, the branch of science that conflicts most directly with religion.
- I believe he has achieved that - but the big American chemists could still enter the fray.
- To enter the fray, you need to know the business and have pretty thick skin.
- As the game progressed I was itching to get a run and with eight minutes to go, I got the nod to enter the fray.
- Day by day, new names enter the fray and it looks as if there will be a bumper number of candidates for the elections to be held on 11 th June.
- That Aberdeen game saw him enter the fray as a first-half substitute, only to suffer the indignity of being hooked later in the game.
- The deal has set the hares running in the industry and some investors are betting a rival suitor, possibly from the US, will enter the fray with a higher offer.
- There are also rumours that a financial bidder could enter the fray and then sell stores to the supermarket giant, which was very disappointed not be cleared.
- Second, will another, more appealing bidder enter the fray?
- 1.1 A battle or fight.
Example sentencesExamples - Nor can he explain his unprecedented ability to quickly heal from his frequent frays.
- Police officers pushed several against cars to separate them from the fray as the fight spilled into a parking garage.
- You can wade into the fray and battle the many monsters the game tosses your way, but at times you also will have to switch into a special mode which slows everything.
- Four scuffles during the game, with one fight in particular arousing a supporter to the point that he decided to enter the fray by attacking one of the players himself.
- What clearly separated her from the others in the fray was her controlled aggression.
- It's a sad situation, but it's changed now completely because the United States of America has entered the battle and the fray with all of our resources.
- France entered into the fray as an ally of Russia and declared war on Germany.
- Damion would not allow her entry to the city, but if she hung back until he was in the fray, she could sneak herself into the battle and be of some use.
- Despite these frays, the black children realize they are financially superior.
- She decided to weave her way through the fray, trying to avoid battles, but one knight insisted on aiding her.
- Abruptly, Beth and the other vampire joined the fray, fighting with teeth as well as preternatural speed and strength.
- See how the rotten beams are tumbling down, and how the patched and broken windows seem to scowl dimly, like eyes that have been hurt in drunken frays.
- This is a book you cannot put down, as each page brings the reader deeper into the fray of battle.
- Kate felt a rush of adrenaline as she drew the silver sword and flew into the fray, her war cry calling the phantom armies to her.
- Mayu is nearby, hears the battle, and rushes into the fray.
Synonyms battle, engagement, conflict, armed conflict, fight, clash, skirmish, altercation, tussle, struggle, scuffle, melee, brawl, riot, commotion, disturbance
Origin Late Middle English: from archaic fray ‘to quarrel’, from affray ‘startle’, from Anglo-Norman French afrayer (see affray). |