Fray | Mean of fray in English Dictionary

/ˈfreɪ/

• Noun
• a fight, struggle, or disagreement that involves many people
1. He threw himself into the fray.
2. He joined/entered the political fray.
• not directly involved in an angry or difficult struggle or disagreement
1. His political aides handled the controversy while he remained above the fray.
• Verb
• to cause (a cloth or other material) to become worn down at the end or edge
1. She frayed the edges of her cutoff jeans. = She frayed her cutoff jeans at the edges.
2. The cuffs of the old shirt were fraying.
3. Her temper was starting to fray. [=she was beginning to get angry]
4. His nerves were frayed/fraying.
5. their frayed/fraying friendship