[frey] 
| 1. | to wear (cloth, rope, etc.) to loose, raveled threads or fibers at the edge or end; cause to ravel out. |
| 2. | to wear by rubbing (sometimes fol. by through). |
| 3. | to cause strain on (something); upset; discompose: The argument frayed their nerves. |
| 4. | to rub. |
| 5. | to become frayed, as cloth; ravel out: My sweater frayed at the elbows. |
| 6. | to rub against something: tall grass fraying against my knees. |
| 7. | a frayed part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers. |
