fraying
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪ.ɪŋ/
Verb
fraying
- present participle of fray
Noun
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
- 1641, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd
Anagrams
- angrify