Associations to the word «Frayed»

Wiktionary

FRAYED, adjective. Unravelled, worn at the end or edge.
FRAYED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of fray

Dictionary definition

FRAYED, adjective. Worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne