fray

Betekenis (English)

Verb

1. To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
2. To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
3. To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
4. (obsolete) To bruise (someone or something); also, to take the virginity of (someone, usually a female person); to deflower.
5. To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
6. To rub.
7. To rub.
8. Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.

Noun

A consequence of rubbing, unravelling, or wearing away; a fraying; also, a place where fraying has occurred.

Noun

1. A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
2. A heated argument; a war of words.
3. Conflict, disagreement.
4. (obsolete) An assault or attack.
5. (obsolete) A loud noise; a cacophony, a din.
6. (obsolete) Fright, terror; (countable) an instance of this.

Synonyms

fight

fret

scuffle

brawl

rub

unravel

frazzle

chafe

combat

affray

row

scratch

struggle

contention

quarrel

wear

melee

wear out

battle

tussle

clash

squabble

abrade

skirmish

contest

strife

tatter

wear away

broil

fracas

set-to

argument

riot

conflict

disturbance

ruffle

altercation

scrimmage

rosin

rough-and-tumble

ruckus

ruction

run-in

scour

scrap

scrub

scuff

spat

strain

tear

become frayed

triturate

wear down

wearing

wear-out

wornout

wrangle

set to

frayed spot

foreworn

massage

💆

dwarf round herring

green fry

disceptation

blue fry

dwarf herring

attrition wear

wear-and-tear

skirmishfight 1.

key sardine

engagment

abrade wear

biffo

ravel

abrasion

action

arguing

bite

brawling

brush

bushwhacking

bustle

bust-up

controversy

defacement

difference

disputation

dogfight

donnybrook

duel

encounter

engagement

excoriate

feud

fighting

fisticuffs

frayed

fraying

free-for-all

fuss

gall

grate

grind

hassle

jangle

joust

mayhem

peter out

pound

💷

powder

ravel out

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɹeɪ/

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Middle English: fraien

Cognate with Frans: frayer

Cognate with Frans: effrayer

Inherited from Middle English: frai

Cognate with Frans: effroi

In summary

The verb is derived from Late Middle English fraien (“to beat so as to cause bruising, to bruise; to crush; to rub; to wear, wear off”), borrowed from Old French fraier, freier, freiier (modern French frayer (“to clear, open up (a path, etc.); (figuratively) to find one’s way through (something); (obsolete) to rub”)), from Latin fricāre, the present active infinitive of fricō (“to chafe; to rub”), an intensive form of friō (“to break into pieces, crumble; to rub”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”). Sense 1.2 (“to force or make (a path, way, etc.) through”) is derived from modern French frayer: see above.
The noun is derived from the verb.