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frayed — [ freıd ] adjective 1. ) with fibers that are coming apart: frayed jeans 2. ) if your nerves or TEMPER are frayed, you are angry or nervous … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
frayed — frayed·ly; frayed·ness; … English syllables
frayed — worn by rubbing, 1814, pp. adj. from FRAY (Cf. fray) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
Frayed — doctorwhobook title=Frayed series=Telos Doctor Who novellas number=11 featuring=First Doctor Susan writer=Tara Samms (pseudonym for Stephen Cole) publisher=Telos Publishing Ltd. isbn= ISBN 1 903889 22 7 (standard) pages=120 date=October 2003… … Wikipedia
frayed — adjective 1) a frayed collar Syn: worn, threadbare, tattered, ragged, the worse for wear; informal tatty; N.Amer.; informal raggedy 2) his frayed nerves Syn: strained, fraught … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
frayed — UK [freɪd] / US adjective 1) with fibres that are coming apart frayed jeans 2) if your nerves or temper are frayed, you are angry or nervous … English dictionary
frayed — [freɪd] adj 1) with fibres that are coming apart at the edge 2) if your nerves are frayed, you are nervous, and if your TEMPER is frayed, you are angry … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Frayed — Fray Fray, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed? Spenser. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frayed — adj. Frayed is used with these nouns: ↑edge, ↑nerve, ↑temper, ↑wire … Collocations dictionary
frayed — adjective worn away or tattered along the edges (Freq. 1) frayed cuffs • Similar to: ↑worn … Useful english dictionary
