Definitions of Chafe [ʃeɪf]

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Definition of 'Chafe'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) chafe
to wear away by rubbing; abrade.

2.  chafe
to make sore by rubbing.

3.  chafe
to irritate; annoy.

4.  chafe
to warm by rubbing:
to chafe cold hands.

5. (v.i.) chafe
to rub with frictional force:
The horse chafed against his stall.

6.  chafe
to become annoyed:
He chafed at their remarks.

7. (n.) chafe
irritation; annoyance.

8.  chafe
heat, wear, or soreness caused by rubbing.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME chaufen to heat, rub, chafe < MF chaufer < VL *calfāre, for L calefacere to heat)

Definition of 'Chafe'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) chafe
soreness and warmth caused by friction
"he had a nasty chafe on his knee"

2. (verb) annoyance, chafe, vexation
anger produced by some annoying irritation

3. (verb) chafe, gall, fret
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

4. (verb) chafe
feel extreme irritation or anger
"He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"

5. (verb) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

6. (verb) chafe, excoriate
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
"This leash chafes the dog's neck"

7. (verb) rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
cause friction
"my sweater scratches"

8. (verb) chafe
warm by rubbing, as with the hands

Definition of 'Chafe'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Chafe
heat excited by friction

2. (noun) Chafe
injury or wear caused by friction

3. (noun) Chafe
vexation; irritation of mind; rage

4. (verb) Chafe
to excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm

5. (verb) Chafe
to excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate

6. (verb) Chafe
to fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable

7. (verb) Chafe
to rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction

8. (verb) Chafe
to be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes

9. (verb) Chafe
to have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated

Translation of 'Chafe'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make warm by rubbing with the hands.
Afrikaans: vryf	Arabic: يَسْتَدْفِئ بِواسِطَة حَك	Bulgarian: стоплям чрез разтриване
Brazilian: esfregar	Czech: třít	German: warmreiben
Danish: gnide	Greek: θερμαίνω τρίβοντας με τα	Spanish: frotar, friccionar
Estonian: soojaks hõõruma	Farsi: به هم مالیدن	Finnish: hangata
French: frictionner	Hebrew: לְחָמֵם בְּחִיכוּך	Hindi: रगड़ कर हाथ गरम करना
Croatian: trenjem grijati	Hungarian: (ki)dörzsöl	Indonesian: menggosok
Icelandic: núa	Italian: riscaldare	Japanese: こすり暖める
Korean: (손 등을 비벼서) 따뜻하게 하다	Lithuanian: atitrinti	Latvian: berzēt; sasildīt berzējot
Malay: menggosok-gosokkan	Dutch: warm wrijven	Norwegian: gni varm
Polish: rozcierać	Persian: به هم مالیدن	Pashto: تودول (په تيره په مښلو):
Portuguese: esfregar	Romanian: a freca	Russian: растирать
Slovak: trieť	Slovenian: pometi	Serbian: protrljati
Swedish: gnida [varm]	Thai: ทำให้ร้อนที่เกิดจากการขัด	Turkish: ovarakısıtmak, ısıtmak iç
Taiwanese: 擦熱	Ukrainian: гріти, нагрівати	Urdu: مل کر گرمی پہنچانا
Vietnamese: xoa tay cho nóng	Chinese: 擦热
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