frayed
(adjective) worn away or tattered along the edges; “frayed cuffs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frayed (comparative more frayed, superlative most frayed)
Unravelled, worn at the end or edge.
frayed
simple past tense and past participle of fray
• defray, fedary
Source: Wiktionary
Fray, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from affray.]
Definition: Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray Shak.
Fray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fraying.] Etym: [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
Definition: To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed Spenser.
Fray, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. fraier. See Defray, v. t.]
Definition: To bear the expense of; to defray. [Obs.] The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger.
Fray, v. t. Etym: [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. gh to rub, scratch. Cf. Friction.]
Definition: To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
Fray, v. i.
1. To rub. We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. Sir W. Scott.
2. 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. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.
Fray, n.
Definition: A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
