Thesaurus: fray

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1. n. Affray; broil; contest; combat.
2. v. t. To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
3. v. t. To bear the expense of; to defray.
4. v. t. To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
5. v. i. To rub.
6. v. i. 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.
7. n. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
8. n. a noisy fight
9. v. wear away by rubbing
10. v. cause friction
11. Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray Shak. To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed Spenser. 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. To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head. 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. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
12. Affray; broil; contest; combat.Who began this bloody fray Shak.