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frayne

US/ˈfɹeɪn/

frayne verb: to hit a wall; to tire out or fall apart physically or mentally, especially near the end of an athletic effort.

Verb

frayne (third-person singular simple present fraynes, present participle frayning, simple past and past participle frayned)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To hit a wall; to tire out or fall apart physically or mentally, especially near the end of an athletic effort.
    • I started to frayne at the end of that run.2025 August 13, Urban Dictionary

Proper noun capitalized: Frayne

Frayne

  1. A surname from Old French.

Forms of frayne

third-person singular presentfraynes
present participlefrayning
past participlefrayned
pastfrayned

Origin of frayne

Variant spelling of Frain.

Questions about frayne

What does frayne mean?
Frayne means to hit a wall; to tire out or fall apart physically or mentally, especially near the end of an athletic effort.
What part of speech is frayne?
Frayne can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce frayne?
Frayne is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪn/ (US).
What is the past tense of frayne?
The past tense of frayne is frayned.

Words near frayne in the dictionary

  1. frayeth
  2. fraying
  3. frayings
  4. frayle
  5. Frayn
  6. frayne
  7. frayproof
  8. Frayre
  9. Frayres
  10. frays
  11. fraysexual

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