fray
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a noisy fight
Types & categories
- fighting hypernym
Sense 2 verb
wear away by rubbing
The friction frayed the sleeve
Types & categories
- wear out hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cause friction
my sweater scratches
Types & categories
- contact hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wear out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rubbing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scratch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chafe |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |