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frayfray2 verb (, frayed, fraying) [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYfray2Origin: 1300-1400 affray VERB TABLEfray |
Present | I, you, we, they | fray | | he, she, it | frays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | frayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have frayed | | he, she, it | has frayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had frayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fray | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have frayed |
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Present | I | am fraying | | he, she, it | is fraying | | you, we, they | are fraying | Past | I, he, she, it | was fraying | | you, we, they | were fraying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fraying | | he, she, it | has been fraying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fraying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fraying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fraying |
1 if cloth or other material frays or if you fray it, the threads become loose because the material is old: The jacket’s collar had started to fray.2if someone’s temper or nerves fray or something frays them, the person becomes annoyed: It was only 3:00 and tempers were already beginning to fray.—frayed adjective |