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Definition chafe
Etymology
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.
Noun
chafe (uncountable)
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
Verb
chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
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