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fraise (FRAYZ) (noun)
A barrier or defense of pointed, inclined stakes or of barbed wire: Joe was not able to escape because of the fraise surrounding the prison.
frays (FRAYZ) (noun)
A scuffle or brawl: Many crime movies show frays between the police and the culprits.
frays (FRAYZ) (verb)
1. To alarm or to frighten: The old man frays the little girl without meaning to.
2. To wear away by rubbing; for example, the edges of fabric: Barbara frays the old pair of jeans at the bottom because she wears them much too long.
phrase (FRAYZ) (noun)
1. A sequence of words regarded as a meaningful unit: Mrs. Dickson said, "Charles, you may answer with a phrase, not necessarily with a complete sentence."

Please answer the following question with a complete sentence, not just a phrase or phrases.

2. A characteristic way or mode of expression; a brief expression that is commonly used: A phrase Francine's mother often used was to be completely "fagged out" after working so hard in the garden.

To borrow a phrase from Jerome's sister, she would tell her children that they were spending too much time "watching the boob tube" and not doing enough physical activities outside.

The phrase in the book described the fraise which had been erected around the yard. The fraise was built because there have been too many frays among the residents.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 6)
phrase
1. A string of words that form a grammatical unit; usually, within a clause or sentence.
2. A string of words that are used together and have an idiomatic meaning.
3. A group of words that form a unit of meaning, or rhythm, in prose or poetry; often separated by punctuation in writing and by pauses in speech.
This entry is located in the following unit: phras-, phra-, -phrasia, -phrase, -phrastic + (page 2)
hoax, hocus
(hoodwink, deceive, cheat; believed to be from hocus pocus which is probably from a pseudo Latin phrase: hax pax max Deus adimax, that was used by traveling conjurers to impress their audiences)
lexico-, lexi-, lex-, -lexia, -lexias, -lexic, -lectic, -lexis
(Greek: word or words, vocabulary; a saying, a phrase; speaking, speech)
phras-, phra-, -phrasia, -phrase, -phrastic +
(Greek: talk, speak, say)
Word Entries containing the term: “phrase”
Ecclesiae filii, a Greek phrase.
Sons of the church.

Motto of St. Edmund's School, Canterbury, UK.

This entry is located in the following units: fili- (page 1) Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group E (page 1)
prepositional phrase (s) (noun), prepositional phrases (pl)
A word or a group of words used with a noun, a pronoun, or a noun phrase to indicate either location, direction, or time: Prepositions are always part of a group of words called a prepositional phrase which begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun known as the "object of the preposition".

The ice in the lemonade cooled the drink.

She saw the movie with her friend.

Jacob checked under the couch and chair as he tried to find the coins that he dropped.

This entry is located in the following unit: pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound (page 9)
Bacronyms or Backronyms Listed
(a reverse acronym or a regular word that also doubles as an acronym using the same procedures as with acronyms, except that the letters of a word are presented to form a phrase which defines the word or for humorous reasons)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “phrase”
prepositional phrase (s), prepositional phrases (pl)
A preposition is always part of a group of words called a prepositional phrase.

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun called the object of a preposition.

One or more modifiers may come between the preposition and its object. The prepositional phrases in the following sentences are shown in bold type:

  • During our English class, we saw a film about Julius Caesar.
  • Because of the snowstorm, traffic was a mess throughout the city."
This entry is located in the following unit: preposition (s), prepositions (pl) (page 1)