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Chafing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is chafed.

    "The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move."

  2. 2
    soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of chafe form-of, gerund, participle, present

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