FRAY
\fɹˈe͡ɪ], \fɹˈeɪ], \f_ɹ_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of FRAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Affray; broil; contest; combat.
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To bear the expense of; to defray.
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To rub.
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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.
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A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
By Oddity Software
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Affray; broil; contest; combat.
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To bear the expense of; to defray.
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To rub.
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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.
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A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To wear; fret.
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To ravel at the edge.
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A fretted spot in a cloth, cord, etc.
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An affray; fracas; combat.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A broil, or violent riot, that puts men in fear; an affray, which see.
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A fret or chafe in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
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To wear away by rubbing.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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