FRAY AT / AROUND THE EDGES / SEAMS

Meaning of FRAY AT / AROUND THE EDGES / SEAMS in English

to start to come apart or to fail :

Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRAY — conflicte, combatte; v. fricter, forfricter
English interlingue dictionary
FRAY — I. ˈfrā verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English fraien, short for afraien, affraien — more at affray transitive verb …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEAMS — plural of seam present third singular of seam
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EDGES — plural of edge present third singular of edge
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRAY — (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer …
Английский словарь Webster
FRAY — ( v. t. ) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRAY — fray 1 /fray/ , n. 1. a fight, battle, or skirmish. 2. a competition or contest, esp. in sports. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRAY — I. ˈfrā transitive verb Etymology: Middle English fraien, short for affraien to affray Date: 14th century archaic : scare ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FRAY — vi to rub. 2. fray ·noun affray; broil; contest; combat. 3. fray ·noun a fret or chafe, as in cloth; …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
FRAY — [fray] vt [ME fraien, short for affraien to affray] (14c) archaic: scare; also: to frighten away [2]fray n (14c): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FRAY — fray BrE AmE freɪ ▷ frayed freɪd ▷ fraying ˈfreɪ ɪŋ ▷ frays freɪz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FRAY — / freɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. if cloth frays or sth frays it, the threads in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRAY — I. fray 1 /freɪ/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: frayer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRAY — n. 1 conflict, fighting (eager for the fray). 2 a noisy quarrel or brawl. [ME f. fray to quarrel f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FRAY — n. 1 conflict, fighting (eager for the fray). 2 a noisy quarrel or brawl. [ ME f. fray to quarrel …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FRAY — 1. v. 1. tr. & intr. wear through or become worn, esp. (of woven material) unweave at the edges. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
FRAY — ( frays, fraying, frayed) 1. If something such as cloth or rope frays , or if something frays it, its …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FRAY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sb's nerves are tattered/frayed/shattered (= they feel very nervous or worried ) ▪ Everyone's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRAY — (ACTION) [noun] [U] - the fray an energetic and often not well organized effort, activity, fight or disagreementWith a third …
Cambridge English vocab
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FRAY — verb Fray is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ temper Fray is used with these nouns as the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
FRAY — n. 25B6; noun two men started the fray : BATTLE, fight, engagement, conflict, clash, skirmish, altercation, tussle, struggle, scuffle, melee, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRAY — n. disturbance, skirmish, fight, battle, brawl, tussle, scuffle, fracas, mêlée or melee, Donnybrook, wrangle, rumpus, row, quarrel, dispute, altercation, Law …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EDGES — sedge
Anagrams English vocabulary
SEAMS — линзочки - closeness of seams - tighten the seams Швы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRAY — I сущ. драка, стычка; ссора, перепалка to enter the fray ≈ вступать в драку The second blow makes the fray. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EDGES — Грани
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around ≈ фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEAMS — Швы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EDGES — Края
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EDGES — Крае
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FRAY — fray.ogg _I 1. freı n 1. книжн. столкновение, драка eager for the fray - готовый лезть в драку 2. разг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AROUND — around.ogg 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEAMS — линзочки - closeness of seams - tighten the seams
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FRAY — fray I сущ.драка, стычка; ссора, перепалка to enter the fray — вступать в драку The second blow makes the fray. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AROUND — around нареч.1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn:everywhere, all …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FRAY — _I 1. freı n 1. книжн. столкновение, драка eager for the fray - готовый лезть в драку 2. разг. деятельность …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AT — prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, около at the door the window, the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around and …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FRAY — I сущ. драка, стычка; ссора, перепалка to enter the fray — вступать в драку The second blow makes the fray. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AT — I æt ( полная форма ); ət ( редуцированная форма ) предл. 1) ( самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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