fray
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: a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute Fighting there could easily draw neighboring nations into the fray.— Blaine Harden … the patrician statesman who stood above the fray.— Richard D. Hylton
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verb (1)Definition of fray (Entry 2 of 4)
1a : to wear (something, such as an edge of cloth) by or as if by rubbing : fret
b : to separate the threads at the edge of
fray
noun (2)Definition of fray (Entry 3 of 4)
: a raveled place or worn spot (as on fabric)
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verb (2)Definition of fray (Entry 4 of 4)
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: to wear into shreds
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