fraying

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of fray
2. noun Frayed material.

   Any frayings of rope should be removed.

3. noun The skin which a deer frays from its horns.

Similar words

frazzle disturbance scratch affray chafe rub fret ruffle frizzy fragile

Often followed by

of and at the or out web in rope

Word family

frayings