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- DictionaryFrayed/frād/
adjective
- 1. (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unraveled or worn at the edge: "the frayed collar of her old coat"
Add to word list. [ I or T ] to become or to cause the threads in cloth or rope to become slightly separated, forming loose threads at the edge or end: Denim frays so easily. I frayed the edges of my jeans since that was the fashion in those days. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
adjective. worn to loose, raveled threads or fibers at the outer surface, edge, or end: I wouldn’t trust that frayed rope to hold anybody’s weight. She hid her hands in the frayed sleeves of her bathrobe. strained, taxed, or weakened by constant stress; frazzled: We're going to have a lot of frayed relationships coming out of this crisis.
verb (used without object) to wear into loose, raveled threads or fibers, as cloth; ravel out: My sweater frayed at the elbows. to become strained or stressed: Jealousy could be a sign that your relationship is fraying. to rub against something: tall grass fraying against my knees.
showing the effects of pressure or strain. Tempers were getting very frayed. Definition of frayed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Things that are frayed are worn, even unraveling a bit. The earliest meaning, in fact, was "worn by rubbing," from the Middle French frayer, "rub against," by way of the Old French froiier, "rub or scrape," and the Latin root fricare, "to rub."
Frayed definition: worn to loose, raveled threads or fibers at the outer surface, edge, or end. See examples of FRAYED used in a sentence.
6 days ago · 1. (of fabrics or clothing) unravelling at the edges from damage or wear. He wore frayed jeans and cowboy shirts. 2. (of temper, nerves, patience, etc) under great strain. Nerves became severely frayed when air traffic problems delayed the flight. Tempers had become frayed because the men had been working more than 20 hours without a break.
