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chafe    Audio Help   [cheyf] Pronunciation Key verb, chafed, chaf·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
2.to make sore by rubbing: Her collar chafed her neck.
3.to irritate; annoy: The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves.
4.to warm by rubbing: to chafe cold hands.
5.Obsolete. to heat; make warm.
–verb (used without object)
6.to become worn or sore from rubbing: His neck began to chafe from the starched collar.
7.to rub; press with friction: The horse chafed against his stall.
8.to be irritated or annoyed: He chafed at their constant interruptions.
–noun
9.irritation; annoyance.
10.heat, wear, or soreness caused by rubbing.
11.chafe at the bit, to become impatient at delay: The work was going very slowly, and he began to chafe at the bit.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME chaufen to heat, rub, chafe < MF chaufer < VL *calfāre, var. of L cal(e)facere, equiv. to cale- (s. of calére to be hot) + facere to make]

3. exasperate, vex, trouble, provoke.
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chafe    Audio Help   (chāf)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   chafed, chaf·ing, chafes

v.   tr.
  1. To wear away or irritate by rubbing.
  2. To annoy; vex.
  3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands.

v.   intr.
  1. To rub and cause irritation or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck.
  2. To become worn or sore from rubbing.
  3. To feel irritated or impatient: chafed at the delay.

n.  
  1. Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction.
  2. Annoyance; vexation.


[Middle English chafen, from Old French chaufer, to warm, from Vulgar Latin *calefāre, alteration of Latin calefacere : calēre, to be warm; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to wear down or rub away a surface by or as if by scraping: chafed my skin; water abrading the canyon walls; metal bristles that excoriated her scalp; rope that fretted a groove in the post; stone steps galled by years of heavy use.

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chafed

adjective
painful from having the skin abraded 

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