Last Updated：2025/11/20

(archaic or obsolete) A consequence of rubbing, unravelling, or wearing away; a fraying; also, a place where fraying has occurred.

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fray

Source Word

fray

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɹeɪ/

Noun

Japanese Meaning

摩耗や擦れ・すり切れによって布などがほどけ、ほつれる状態。また、その結果生じた部分や場所。

The old cloak bore a faint fray at the hem, proof of years of rubbing against the saddle.

古い外套の裾にはわずかなほころびがあり、それは長年の擦れの証だった。

Sense（1）

[T]here's no woman made without a flaw; / Your purest lawns have frays, and cambrics bracks.

Modernized from the 1630 text, where the word was spelled frayes.

frays

（ plural ）