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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. worn away or tattered along the edges;
- Example: "frayed cuffs"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed (fr[=a]d); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Fraying.] [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
   To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]

         What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
                                                  --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frayed
    adj 1: worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"