chafe

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

chafes

1.
(countable, uncountable)Heat excited by friction.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Injury or wear caused by friction.
3.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

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verb

V_es/s

chafes

V_ing/Gerund

chafing

V_ed/pp

chafed

1.
(transitive)To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3.
(transitive)To fret and wear by rubbing.
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.
A cable chafes.
6.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

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Middle English chaufen (to warm), borrowed from Old French chaufer, from Latin calefacere, calfacere (to make warm), from calere (to be warm) + facere (to make). See caldron.