Definition of fray Fray
/fɹejˈ/ - [frey] - fray
We found 19 definitions of fray from 7 different sources.
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| fray - wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" | ||
| frazzle | ||
| wear out, fall apart, bust, wear, break lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" | ||
| fray - cause friction; "my sweater scratches" | ||
| rub, fret, chafe, scratch | ||
| contact, adjoin, meet, touch attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fray (n.)
Affray; broil; contest; combat. - fray (v. t.)
To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. - fray (v. t.)
To bear the expense of; to defray. - fray (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. - fray (v. i.)
To rub. - fray (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. - fray (n.)
A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fray
frā, n. an affray, a brawl.—v.t. (B.) to frighten. [Abbrev. of affray.] -
fray
frā, v.t. to wear off by rubbing: to ravel out the edge of a stuff.—v.i. to become frayed.—n. Fray′ing, the action of the verb fray: ravellings. [Fr. frayer—L. fricāre, to rub.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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fray
Affray; combat; duel; broil; contest.
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"Fray" is an eight-issue comic book series. It is a spin-off of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The series is written by "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon. "Fray" tells the story of a Slayer named Melaka Fray. She is the "chosen one" in a time where vampires (called "lurks") are common, and the difference between rich and poor people is even greater.
The series was published by Dark Horse Comics beginning in 2001. In a short video promoting the charity Equality Now Joss Whedon said that "Fray is not done, Fray is coming back. More than that, I will not say." This was repeated in 2007's Comic Con where Joss said that he would "absolutely would be returning to that world."
The series was closely linked to the seventh season of "Buffy". It includes the Slayer's mystical scythe and her origins. Melaka Fray also appears in the story "Tales" in the comic book "Tales of the Slayers".
Connections to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Fray's scythe was used in the last three episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Buffy Summers, also a vampire Slayer, found the scythe stuck in rock in Sunnydale. The scythe was later used to create fully developed Slayers of the many Potential Slayers. It has never been stated as to how the scythe travelled from Sunnydale, California to New York City through the centuries, or who had it during that time (or how they got it).
In "Fray" it is also explained that sometime in the twenty-first century, "a Slayer, possibly with some mystical allies, fac
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