fray

fray is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Affray; broil; contest; combat. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Affray; broil; contest; combat.
2. transitive verb. To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
3. transitive verb. To bear the expense of; to defray.
4. transitive verb. 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. intransitive verb. To rub.
6. intransitive verb. 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. noun. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
8. noun. a noisy fight

   Synonyms: affray, disturbance, ruffle

9. verb. cause friction

   "my sweater scratches"

   Synonyms: chafe, fret, rub, scratch

10. verb. wear away by rubbing

    "The friction frayed the sleeve"

    Synonyms: frazzle

Synonyms

affray, disturbance, ruffle, chafe, fret, rub, scratch, frazzle

Common word forms

frays, frayed, fraying

Words from these letters

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