| fray Apr 19th 2013, 01:29 | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | # [[affray|Affray]]; [[broil]]; [[contest]]; [[combat]]; [[brawl]]; [[melee]]. | | # [[affray|Affray]]; [[broil]]; [[contest]]; [[combat]]; [[brawl]]; [[melee]]. | | | #: ''Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the '''fray'''.'' | | #: ''Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the '''fray'''.'' | | | + | #* Shakespeare | | | + | #*: Who began this bloody '''fray'''? | | | #* {{quote-news | | #* {{quote-news | | | |year=2010 | | |year=2010 |
Latest revision as of 01:29, 19 April 2013 [edit] English [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Etymology 1 From Middle English frai, aphetic variant of affray. fray (plural frays) - Affray; broil; contest; combat; brawl; melee.
- Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray.
- Shakespeare
- Who began this bloody fray?
- 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, "Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal", BBC:
- Wigan, unbeaten in five games at the DW Stadium, looked well in control but the catalyst for Arsenal's improvement finally came when Diaby left the field with a calf injury and Jack Wilshere came into the fray, bringing some much needed determination and urgency to lacklustre Arsenal.
- (archaic) fright
[edit] Translations Affray; broil; contest; combat; brawl; melee [edit] Etymology 2 From Middle English fraien, from Old French frayer, from Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō. fray (third-person singular simple present frays, present participle fraying, simple past and past participle frayed) - (intransitive) To unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
- The ribbon frayed at the cut end.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
- The stressful day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
- (transitive) (archaic) frighten
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 63:
- "Besides, all the wit and Philosophy in the world can never demonstrate, that the killing and slaughtering of a Beast is anymore then the striking of a Bush where a Bird's Nest is, where you fray away the Bird, and then seize upon the empty Nest."
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[edit] Spanish [edit] Etymology Apocope of fraile ("friar"). fray m (plural frays) - friar
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