chafing

English

Verb

chafing

1. present participle and gerund of chafe

Noun

chafing (plural chafings)

1. The act by which something is chafed.
   • 1853, The Popular Educator: Volume 3, page 325:

     The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.

Translations

the rubbing together of objects

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• German: Reiben (de) n, Aneinanderreiben n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνάτριψις f (anátripsis)

• Latin: tritūra f
• Maori: hikahikanga
• Swedish: skavning