frayed

Meaning of frayed

adjective
  1. (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravelled or worn at the edge.
    the frayed collar of her old coat
verb, past tense
  1. (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing.
    cheap fabric soon frays
  2. (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

late Middle English: from Old French freiier, from Latin fricare ‘to rub’.

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Hyphenation of frayed

frayed

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • frayed is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

frayed synonyms

Meaning undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads):

unravel, unravelling, unravelled

Meaning have (something) on one's body as clothing, decoration, or protection:

wear

Meaning past participle of wear1:

worn

Meaning (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age:

threadbare

Meaning old and torn; in poor condition:

tattered

Meaning (of cloth or clothes) old and torn:

ragged

Meaning in poor condition through long use or lack of care:

shabby

Meaning pull (something) apart or to pieces with force:

torn

Meaning (of clothes or fabric) badly torn:

ripped

Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:

split

Meaning worn and shabby; in poor condition:

tatty

Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:

ratty

Meaning scruffy; shabby:

raggedy

Anagrams of frayed

defray

Words that rhyme with frayed

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