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adj. threadbare, worn, ragged, frayed, shabby

nm. fret

v. abrade; chafe; fray; fret

v. chafe, rub against; make sore by rubbing; warm by rubbing; irritate

(adj.) = frayed ; worn ; well-worn ; moth-eaten ; mothy ; timeworn ; tatty ; mangy .
Ex: It has a time-worn and frayed look.
Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
Ex: Tears of happiness and exultation gathered in his eyes, as he turned his cheek once more to the mangy pillow.
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* estar raído = be the worse for wear.