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FRAYED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worn away or tattered along the edges
Example:
frayed cuffs
Classified under:
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb fray
Context examples:
This end, which we can examine, is frayed.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A general laugh followed this sally at the dentist's expense, in the midst of which the gleeman placed his battered harp upon his knee, and began to pick out a melody upon the frayed strings.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then I lashed her in her chair, and frayed out the end of the rope to make it look natural, else they would wonder how in the world a burglar could have got up there to cut it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Because it is frayed there?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
