chafe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 References

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English chaufen (“‘to warm’”) < Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer) < Latin calefacere, calfacere (“‘to make warm’”) < calere (“‘to be warm’”) + facere (“‘to make’”). See caldron.

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• Rhymes: -eɪf

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chafe (uncountable)

1. Heat excited by friction.
2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

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to chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)

1. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
4. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
5. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
6. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

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• chafe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Chafe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia