How to pronounce“fray”in English
rubbing up against that each time, it's like taking a rope and rubbing it over and back over sort of a sharp edge, right? Eventually, it just starts to
fray and fray and fray. I'd rather you trade that in the repetitions for the
intensity because the the tension delivered to the muscle with the higher
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Definitions of “fray”
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.
“S. Paul alſo defineth the law to be the knowlege of ſyn, yͭ is, which accuſeth, frayeth the cõſcience, & maketh ſynnes knowen.”
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.
A consequence of rubbing, unravelling, or wearing away; a fraying; also, a place where fraying has occurred.
“The laces frayed at the cut end.”