frays

Meaning of frays

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
    The hectic day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
  3. Frighten; alarm
  4. To bear the expense of; to defray.
  5. To rub.
noun
  1. A fight or argument
    Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray.
  2. 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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