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fraynoun a forceful effort to reach a goal or objectiveanother generation of scientists entered the fray to find a cure for AIDS battle, fight, scrabble, struggle, throes effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, workdrudgery, grind, sweat, toil, travailcombat, conflict, contest, strife, tussle, war, warfareattempt, endeavor, essay, try a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsa troubled youth always getting into frays at school battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several peopleschool officials broke up the fray and gave all guilty parties detention affray(chiefly British), brawl, broil, donnybrook, fracas, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), rough-and-tumble, row, ruckus, ruction battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tusslehorseplay, roughhousingaltercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle to damage or diminish by continued frictionconstant rubbing against the rock face has badly frayed our climbing rope abrade, chafe, corrade, erode, frazzle, fret, gall, rasp, rub, wear file, gnaw, grate, graze, grind, nibble, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scuff, shaveerase, reduce, rub out, wear out, wipe (away)bite, break down, break up, chew, corrode, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, eathone, sharpen, whet in the 14th century |