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fray

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1. fray - Noun

2. fray - Verb

3. Fray - Proper noun

Meaning

Affray; broil; contest; combat.

To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.

To bear the expense of; to defray.

To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.

To rub.

To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly.

A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated, faintly dangerous. Actually, it's just one more bullshit political philosophy. George Carlin

A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray. John Dryden

It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word-on the contrary, he persistently bore insult from others and thus put an end to the fray. (64). Epictetus

In the fray the weak are strong. Italian Proverb

He is your friend who gets you out of a fray. Spanish Proverb

The second word makes the fray. Japanese Proverb

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