fray

fray the edge of a shirt sleeve

Are you ready for the fray?

This material frays easily.

The argument frayed their nerves.

Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.

Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.

repeated noises that fray the nerves.

The buckram was frayed on the antique volume.

Why should you get involved in their fray?

This old jumper of mine is frayed at the sleeve cuff.

The electric wire is fraying and could be dangerous to handle.

Ravel comes from the obsolete Dutch verb ravelen, “to tangle, fray out, unweave,” which comes in turn from the noun ravel, “a loose thread.

I just needed something solid to stop the fray between those fraternal twins.

I make the rope that doesn't fray.

Still, residents say their nerves are frayed.

And just as she reversed course, a dark horse entered the fray.

Whereas I open his joint capsule, I could immediately see this ACL was all frayed.

This came after the former president threw out another subtle hint of possibly joining the fray.

But he never pretends that art can stay immune from ideology, high above the fray.

Theologians joined the fray, arguing that vampires were physical beings that proved the existence of an afterlife.

My relationships were fraying or failing.

This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.