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fraysnounpl. of fray a forceful effort to reach a goal or objectiveanother generation of scientists entered the fray to find a cure for AIDS battles, fights, scrabbles, struggles, throes efforts, exertions, labors, pains, troubles, worksdrudgeries, grinds, sweats, toils, travailscombats, conflicts, contests, strifes, tussles, warfares, warsattempts, endeavors, essays, tries a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsa troubled youth always getting into frays at school battles, clashes, combats, conflicts, contests, dustups, fights, fracases(or British fracas), hassles, scraps, scrimmages, scrums, scuffles, skirmishes, struggles, tussles pitched battles, rough-and-tumblesaffrays(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), brawls, broils, donnybrooks, free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées), mix-ups, ruckuses, ructionsblows, fistfights, fisticuffs, grapples, handgrips, punch-outs, punch-ups(chiefly British), slugfestsconfrontations, duels, face-offs, joustsaltercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, fallings-out(or falling-outs), kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rows, spats, squabbles, tangles, tiffs, wranglescatfights truces a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several peopleschool officials broke up the fray and gave all guilty parties detention affrays(chiefly British), brawls, broils, donnybrooks, fracases(or British fracas), free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées), rough-and-tumbles, rows, ruckuses, ructions battles, clashes, combats, conflicts, contests, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassles, scraps, scrimmages, scuffles, skirmishes, struggles, tussleshorseplaysaltercations, arguments, disputes, kickups, quarrels, spats, squabbles, tiffs, wrangles fraysverbpresent tense third-person singular of frayto damage or diminish by continued frictionconstant rubbing against the rock face has badly frayed our climbing rope abrades, chafes, corrades, erodes, frazzles, frets, galls, rasps, rubs, wears files, gnaws, grates, grazes, grinds, nibbles, sandblasts, sandpapers, scours, scrapes, scuffs, shaveserases, reduces, rubs out, wears out, wipes (away)bites, breaks down, breaks up, chews, corrodes, decomposes, disintegrates, dissolves, eatshones, sharpens, whets |