frays
Meaning of frays
verb
- To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
The ribbon frayed at the cut end.
- To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
The hectic day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
- Frighten; alarm
- To bear the expense of; to defray.
- To rub.
- A fight or argument
Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray.
- Fright.
Information about frays
- The singular form of frays is: fray.
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Hyphenation of frays
frays
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- frays is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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