Clues for the word "FRAY"
We've had 88 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 173 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on March 22, 2024.
Definition of fray
- n. - Affray; broil; contest; combat.
- v. t. - To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
- v. t. - To bear the expense of; to defray.
- v. t. - To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
- v. i. - To rub.
- v. i. - 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.
- n. - A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
Referring Clues
- Become raveled
- Row
- Come apart at the seams
- Scuffle
- Skirmish
- Donnybrook
- Wear on, as the nerves
- Wear out by rubbing
- Unravel, as a cord
- Wear at the edges
- Become threadbare
- Wear out at the edges
- Become ragged at the edges
- Struggle
- Wear, in a way
- Ravel
- Start unraveling, as a towel
- Start to wear
- Noisy brawl
- Unravel
- Wear away
- Unravel at the edges
- Wear on, as nerves
- Wear, as a sweater?
- Become unraveled
- Rub
- Start to unravel
- Become ragged
- Brawl
- Melee
- Come unraveled
- Become worn
- Unravel at the ends
- Unravel a bit
- Noisy fight
- Above the ___
- Rhubarb
- Fighting
- Begin to show wear
- Unravel, as rope fiber
- Unravel at the edge, as threads
- Wear
- Show wear
- Become undone, in a way
- Come apart at the seams?
- Get ragged
- Father always creates a disturbance
- Battle
- Piano-driven Denver band
- "How to Save a Life" band (with "The")
- "How to Save a Life" band
- Denver "Over My Head (Cable Car)" band
- Disturbance
- Sally ain't got nuffink to wear
- Conflict
- Wear thin - brawl
- Become the worse for wear due to fighting?
- Wear at the edge
- Brawl - become tattered at the edge
- Become worn at the edges
- Father always joined in a brawl
- Wear for battle
- Wear down in fight
- Altercation
- Wear thin
- Combat wear
- Donnybrook, free-for-all
- Dramatist's written about a brawl
- Become strained and fight
- Wear out in battle
- Fight ever after for absent love
- Nothing less than a foray, which means fighting
- Fighting the effect of attrition?
- Wild, noisy brawl
- Squabble
- Start to deteriorate, as a cord
- Fight
- Start to come apart
- Disorderly fight
- A fight or battle
- Ruckus
- Become the worse for wear due to fighting?
- Unravel, as a hem
- Come apart at the edge
- Noisy scuffle
- Wear out
- Grow threadbare
- Unravel at the edge
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - March 22, 2024
- LA Times - March 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 05, 2024
- Daily American - March 02, 2024
- Family Time - February 19, 2024
- LA Times - December 18, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 30, 2023
- Your Life Choices - November 09, 2023
- New York Times - November 09, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 27, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 02, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - July 12, 2023
- LA Times - April 01, 2023
- LA Times - January 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 06, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2022
- Family Time - October 03, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - September 09, 2022
- Your Life Choices - August 22, 2022
- Daily American - August 18, 2022
- New York Times - July 15, 2022
- New York Times - May 16, 2022
- New York Times - November 01, 2021
- New York Times - October 24, 2021
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 23, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2018
- Universal - December 23, 2017
- Netword - December 20, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - November 19, 2017
- And in 143 more crossword puzzles...