fraying
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fraying
- present participle and gerund of fray
Noun[edit]
fraying (plural frayings)
- Frayed material.
- Any frayings of rope should be removed.
- The skin which a deer frays from its horns.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd:
- For by his slot , his entries , and his port , His frayings , fewmets , he doth promise sport