Fray vs Father - What's the difference?
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Affray; broil; contest; combat; brawl; melee.
* Shakespeare
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(archaic) fright
To unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
(figuratively) To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
(archaic) frighten; alarm
* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 63:
* Spenser
To bear the expense of; to defray.
* Massinger
To rub.
* Sir Walter Scott
A (generally human) male who begets a child.
* Bible, Proverbs x. 1
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A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
* Bible, 1 Kings ii. 10
* Bible, Rom. iv. 16
* Shakespeare
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
* Bible, Job xxix. 16
* Bible, Genesis xiv. 8
The founder of a discipline or science.
A senator of Ancient Rome.
To be a father to; to sire.
* 1592 , v 4
(figuratively) To give rise to.
* 1610 — ii 2
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
* 1610 — iv 2
To provide with a father.
* Shakespeare
To adopt as one's own.
* Jonathan Swift
As a noun fray
is affray; broil; contest; combat; brawl; melee.As a verb fray
is to unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.As a proper noun father is
(christianity) god, the father of creation.fray
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frai, aphetic variant of affray.Noun
(en noun)- Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray .
- Who began this bloody fray ?
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) fraien, from (etyl) frayer, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- The ribbon frayed at the cut end.
- The stressful day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
- "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."
- What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
- The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed , I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied.
- We can show the marks he made / When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed .
father
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Noun
(en noun)- A wise son maketh a glad father .
- David slept with his fathers .
- Abraham, who is the father of us all
- Bless you, good father friar!
- I was a father to the poor.
- He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.
Synonyms
* (parent) See alsoAntonyms
* (with regards to gender) mother * (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, childHypernyms
* (a male parent) parentDerived terms
* Father Christmas * Father of Lies * Father Time * Father's Day * fatherhood * father-in-law * fatherland * fatherless * fatherliness * fatherly * forefather * godfather * God the Father * grandfather * great-grandfather * Heavenly Father * how's your father * * stepfatherVerb
(en verb)- Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.
- Cowards father cowards and base things sire base.
- Ay, good youth! And rather father thee than master thee.
- Think you I am no stronger than my sex, / Being so fathered and so husbanded?
- Men of wit / Often fathered what he writ.