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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
chafe
n 1: soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty
chafe on his knee"
2: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: annoyance,
chafe, vexation]
v 1: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe,
gall, fret]
2: feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her
suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"
3: 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"
[syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at,
irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex,
chafe, devil]
4: tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This
leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe, excoriate]
5: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray,
fret, chafe, scratch]
6: warm by rubbing, as with the hands
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Chafe \Chafe\, v. i.
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by
friction.
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Made its great boughs chafe together. --Longfellow.
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The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. --Shak.
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2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
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3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be
irritated. --Spenser.
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He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
--Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[=a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed
(ch[=a]ft); p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.] [OE. chaufen to warm,
OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to
make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See
Caldron.]
1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to
stimulate and make warm.
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To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin.
--Spenser.
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2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
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Her intercession chafed him. --Shak.
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3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
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Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to
prevent its being chafed. --Sir W.
Scott.
Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Chafe \Chafe\, n.
1. Heat excited by friction.
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2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
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3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
[1913 Webster]
The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall.
--Camden.
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Thesaurus Results for chafe:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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