fraying
(fray-ing)
2 syllables
Definition
verb. 1 to wear into loose raveled threads or fibers as cloth; ravel out; 2 to become strained or stressed; 3 to rub against something
Example Sentence
Her jeans were so long the bottoms were fraying.
Synonyms
ravel out; tatter; wear away; become ragged
Antonyms
look like new
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fraying
Rhymes
- baying
- fraying
- graying
- haying
- heying
- laying
- paying
- playing
- praying
- preying
- saying
- slaying
- spraying
- staying
- straying
- swaying
- weighing
- allaying
- betraying
- buffeting
- conveying
- crocheting
- decaying
- delaying
- dismaying
- displaying
- doomsaying
- nonpaying
- obeying
- portraying
- prepaying
- repaying
- replaying
- surveying
- disobeying
- overplaying