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as in: frayed cloth Define
showing wear with threads beginning to separate and hang loose
- This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.p.117.4
- The cuffs were frayed from so many washings.
- I’m not trusting my life to that frayed rope!
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as in: frayed cloth Define
showing wear with threads beginning to separate and hang loose
as in: frayed nerves
Define
emotionally strained (worn thin)
as in: into the fray
Define
a noisy fight, controversial debate, or other exciting situation
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