1. fraying - Noun
2. fraying - Verb
of Fray
The skin which a deer frays from his horns.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans. Marian Wright Edelman
Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes in cells. Chromosomes carry the genetic information. Telomeres are buffers. They are like the tips of shoelaces. If you lose the tips, the ends start fraying. Elizabeth Blackburn
At the chromosome terminal, however, there is no nucleotide sequence in the 5' direction (and therefore no upstream RNA primer or DNA), so DNA polymerase cannot function and genetic sequence might be lost through chromosomal fraying. Source: Internet
Goldfinches appear in each of the portraits in her “Identity” exhibition, and she makes them with ribbon, burning the edges to keep them from fraying over time. Source: Internet
Both took place as the established global order was fraying: the post-1945 rules-based international system today and the legacy of the Congress of Vienna in 1914. Source: Internet
“The pandemic could well be the last straw on the back of a fraying global consensus.” Source: Internet