frayed

3 definitions found

frayed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed (fr[=a]d); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Fraying.] [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
     To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
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           What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
                                                    --Spenser.
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frayed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  frayed
      adj 1: worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"

frayed - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "frayed":
     dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frazzled, full of holes,
     holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, patchy, ragged, raggedy,
     ratty, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, tacky, tattered, tatty,
     torn