'Chafe' definitions:
Definition of 'chafe'
(from WordNet)
noun
Soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"
noun
verb
verb
Feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"
verb
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]
verb
Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe, excoriate]
verb
verb
Warm by rubbing, as with the hands
Definition of 'Chafe'
From: GCIDE
- Chafe \Chafe\, n.
- 1. Heat excited by friction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Injury or wear caused by friction. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. [1913 Webster]
- The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chafe'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. [1913 Webster]
- Her intercession chafed him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chafe'
From: GCIDE
- Chafe \Chafe\, v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. [1913 Webster]
- Made its great boughs chafe together. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chafe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- ablation,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- afflict,
- aggravate,
- agonize,
- ail,
- annoy,
- arouse,
- attrition,
- bark,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bite,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- bluster,
- boil,
- bother,
- break,
- bristle,
- browned off,
- bruise,
- buffing,
- burn,
- burn to,
- burnishing,
- carry on,
- chafing,
- check,
- chip,
- claw,
- concussion,
- convulse,
- cook,
- corrode,
- crack,
- crackle,
- craze,
- crucify,
- cut,
- damage,
- detrition,
- distress,
- dressing,
- electric-heat,
- embitter,
- embitterment,
- erase,
- erasure,
- erode,
- erosion,
- exacerbate,
- exacerbation,
- exasperate,
- excoriate,
- excruciate,
- exercise,
- fester,
- file,
- filing,
- fire,
- fire up,
- flash burn,
- flay,
- foment,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- fret and fume,
- fretting,
- fume,
- fuss,
- gall,
- galling,
- gas-heat,
- gash,
- get excited,
- give pain,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- go on,
- grate,
- grate on,
- gravel,
- graze,
- grazing,
- grind,
- grinding,
- gripe,
- grit,
- hardly wait,
- harrow,
- hasten,
- have a conniption,
- heat,
- heat up,
- hot,
- hot up,
- hot-air-heat,
- hot-water-heat,
- huff,
- hurt,
- impair,
- incense,
- incise,
- incision,
- inflame,
- inflict pain,
- injure,
- injury,
- irk,
- irritant,
- irritate,
- irritation,
- itch to,
- jump the gun,
- kill by inches,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- lesion,
- limation,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- make sore,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- maul,
- miff,
- mortal wound,
- mull,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- nettle,
- nip,
- overheat,
- pain,
- peel,
- peeve,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- pique,
- pissed off,
- polishing,
- preheat,
- prick,
- prolong the agony,
- provocation,
- provoke,
- puncture,
- put to torture,
- rack,
- rage,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- rankle,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rasp,
- rasping,
- rave,
- raze,
- recook,
- reheat,
- rend,
- rent,
- rile,
- rip,
- roil,
- rub,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- rubbing away,
- ruffle,
- run,
- rupture,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- savage,
- scald,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scour,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- second-degree burn,
- seethe,
- set on edge,
- set up,
- shining,
- simmer,
- sizzle,
- skin,
- slash,
- slit,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- smoothing,
- sore,
- soreness,
- sprain,
- squirm,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- steam,
- stew,
- stick,
- sting,
- stir the blood,
- stir up,
- stoke up,
- storm,
- strain,
- superheat,
- sweat,
- sweat and stew,
- sweat it out,
- take on,
- tear,
- tepefy,
- third-degree burn,
- throw a fit,
- torment,
- torture,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- tweak,
- twist,
- vex,
- wait impatiently,
- warm,
- warm over,
- warm up,
- wear,
- wear away,
- wearing away,
- work up,
- worry,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench,
- wring