Read full poem →Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the sprites survey
The growing combat, or assist the fray.
Dictionary Entry
To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
In a Sentence
“The ribbon frayed at the cut end.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. frayjuan frayluis frayfrancisco frayantonio fraymarcos frayfray fatherfray political
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Poetry examples for “fray”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →My hands grow quarrelsome with bitterness,
And darkly bent upon the final fray;
Night with its stars upon a grave seems less
Read full poem →So long as Ioves great bird did make his flight,
Bearing the fire with which heaven doth us fray,
Heaven had not feare of that presumptuous might,
Read full poem →Awaite whereto their service he applyes,
To aide his friends, or fray his enimies:
Of those he chose[*] out two, the falsest twoo,
Read full poem →There was a time I stood and watched
The small, ill-natured sparrows' fray;
I loved the beggar that I fed,
Read full poem →Have patience yet. The welcome hour will come > Ne
That ushers in the fray, and ends the curse
And seals the doom of those foul pagan pests
Read full poem →Methought the weight of years would keep him free cuts
From contact with the fray. wy
Read full poem →When badgers fight, then every one's a foe.
The dogs are clapt and urged to join the fray;
The badger turns and drives them all away.
Read full poem →He scampered to the bushes far away;
The shepherd called the ploughman to the fray;
The ploughman wished he had a gun to shoot.