Chafe

//t͡ʃeɪf// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Heat excited by friction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    anger produced by some annoying irritation wordnet
  3. 3
    Injury or wear caused by friction. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    soreness and warmth caused by friction wordnet
  5. 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 […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. transitive
  2. 2
    warm by rubbing, as with the hands wordnet
  3. 3
    To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. figuratively, transitive
  4. 4
    cause friction wordnet
  5. 5
    To fret and wear by rubbing. transitive

    "to chafe a cable"

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  1. 6
    tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading wordnet
  2. 7
    To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. intransitive

    "the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores"

  3. 8
    cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations wordnet
  4. 9
    To be worn by rubbing. intransitive

    "A cable chafes."

  5. 10
    feel extreme irritation or anger wordnet
  6. 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."

  7. 12
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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