 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
fray \fray\ (fr[=a]), noun [Abbreviated from affray.] An angry quarrel; an affray; contest; combat; broil. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Who began this bloody fray? --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fray \Fray\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Frayed} (fr[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraying}.] [See 1st {Fray}, and cf. {Affray}.] To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed? --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fray \Fray\, verb (used with an object) [Cf. OF. fraier. See {Defray}, verb (used with an object)] To bear the expense of; to defray. [Obs.]
The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. --Massinger.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fray \Fray\, verb (used with an object) [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. chri'ein to anoint, chri^sma an anointing, Skr. gh[.r]sh to rub, scratch. Cf. {Friction}.] To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fray \Fray\, verb (used without an object)
1. To rub.
We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. --Sir W. Scott.
2. 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.
A suit of frayed magnificience. --tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fray \Fray\, noun A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fray
noun: a noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {ruffle}]
verb
1: wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" [syn: {frazzle}]
2: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: {rub}, {fret}, {chafe}, {scratch}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "fray": ablate, abrade, abrase, abrasion, action, aerial combat, affray, altercation, armored combat, bark, battle, battle royal, blemish, bloody, brawl, break, broil, brush, bullfight, burn, chafe, check, chip, clash, clash of arms, claw, cockfight, combat, concussion, conflict, contention, crack, crackle, craze, cut, discord, dispute, dissension, disturbance, dogfight, donnybrook, embroilment, erase, erode, exchange of blows, fight, file, fire fight, flash burn, fracas, fracture, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze, grind, ground combat, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, house-to-house combat, hurt, incise, incision, injure, injury, lacerate, laceration, lesion, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, melee, mortal wound, mutilate, mutilation, naval combat, passage of arms, pierce, pitched battle, puncture, quarrel, rasp, ravel, raze, rend, rent, rip, row, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, run, running fight, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scour, scramble, scrape, scratch, scrimmage, scrub, scuff, scuffle, second-degree burn, shoving match, shred, skin, skirmish, slash, slit, sore, sprain, stab, stab wound, stand-up fight, stick, strain, street fight, strife, struggle, tatter, tauromachy, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, traumatize, tug-of-war, tussle, unravel, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, wear thin, weather, wound, wounds immedicable, wrangle, wrench
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |