chafing

English

Verb

chafing

1. present participle 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

• Latin: tritūra f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: hikahikanga