fray

fray

  1. taistelu, yhteenotto, rähinä

Esimerkkejä fray sanan käytöstä:

into the fray – mukaan yhteenottoon

Synonyymisanakirja

fray

  1. tappelu, taistelu, nujakka, kamppailu, rähinä, rähäkkä, kahakka, riita, koskettaa, hangata, rispaantua, harsuuntua, purkaantua, hajota, kulua, kulua loppuun, rikkoutua, mennä rikki.

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Käännökset

englanti

purkaantua, rispaantua

hangata

rähäkkä, riita affray Affray; broil; contest; combat; brawl; melee.

Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray.

Shakespeare
Who began this bloody fray?
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puhekieltä fright
puhekieltä To unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.

The ribbon frayed at the cut end.

puhekieltä To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).

The hectic day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)

puhekieltä frighten; alarm
(RQ:Authorized Version)
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
1662, w:Henry More|Henry More, s:An Antidote Against Atheism|An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 63:
"Besides, all the wit and Philosophy in the world can never demonstrate, that the killing and slaughtering of a Beast is anymore then the striking of a Bush where a Bird's Nest is, where you fray away the Bird, and then seize upon the empty Nest."
Spenser
What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?

(rfquotek)

puhekieltä To bear the expense of; to defray.
Massinger
The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied.
puhekieltä To rub.
Sir Walter Scott
We can show the marks he made / When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed.
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gray, spray, jalkaspray

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