(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

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

fraying
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

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