Definition of chafe

noun (n)

• soreness and warmth caused by friction (noun.state)

  Example:
  He had a nasty chafe on his knee.
  

  source: wordnet30
• anger produced by some annoying irritation (noun.feeling)

  Synonym: annoyance, vexation
  

  source: wordnet30
• Heat excited by friction. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing (verb.perception)

  Synonym: fret, gall
  

  source: wordnet30
• feel extreme irritation or anger (verb.emotion)

  source: wordnet30
• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
  

  source: wordnet30
• tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading (verb.contact)

  Synonym: excoriate
  

  Example:
  This leash chafes the dog's neck.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause friction (verb.contact)

  Synonym: fray, fret, rub, scratch
  

  source: wordnet30
• warm by rubbing, as with the hands (verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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