Chafe

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪf

Noun

Chafe (uncountable)

1. Heat excited by friction.
2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

Verb

Chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)

1. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
4. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
5. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
6. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Thesaurus

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