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Chafe
Definitions
- 1 Heat excited by friction. countable, uncountable
- 2 anger produced by some annoying irritation wordnet
- 3 Injury or wear caused by friction. countable, uncountable
- 4 soreness and warmth caused by friction wordnet
- 5 Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]"
- 1 To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. transitive
- 2 warm by rubbing, as with the hands wordnet
- 3 To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. figuratively, transitive
- 4 cause friction wordnet
- 5 To fret and wear by rubbing. transitive
"to chafe a cable"
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- 6 tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading wordnet
- 7 To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. intransitive
"the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores"
- 8 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations wordnet
- 9 To be worn by rubbing. intransitive
"A cable chafes."
- 10 feel extreme irritation or anger wordnet
- 11 To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. figuratively, intransitive
"He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter."
- 12 become or make sore by or as if by rubbing wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.
From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.
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