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(fray-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. becoming worn or ragged at the edges.

Example Sentence

Her jeans were so long the bottoms were fraying.

More Example Sentences

She noticed her sweater was fraying badly.

Synonyms

tattering; unraveling; wearing

Antonyms

look like new

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fraying
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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
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