ALL meanings of chafe
chafe
C c - verb chafe If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it. 3
- verb chafe If you chafe at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. 3
- verb chafe to make or become sore or worn by rubbing 3
- verb chafe to warm (the hands, etc) by rubbing 3
- verb chafe to irritate or be irritated or impatient 3
- verb chafe to cause friction; rub 3
- noun chafe a soreness or irritation caused by friction 3
- verb transitive chafe to rub so as to stimulate or make warm 3
- verb transitive chafe to wear away by rubbing 3
- verb transitive chafe to irritate or make sore by rubbing 3
- verb transitive chafe to annoy; irritate 3
- intransitive verb chafe to rub (on or against) 3
- intransitive verb chafe to be or become vexed, irritated, or impatient 3
- noun chafe an injury or irritation caused by rubbing 3
- noun chafe a vexed or annoyed state 3
- intransitive verb chafe fabric: be abrasive 1
- transitive verb chafe fabric, etc.: rub painfully 1
- transitive verb chafe irritate, be annoying 1
- intransitive verb chafe skin: be rubbed 1
- noun chafe (of something restrictive or too tight) make (a part of the body) sore by rubbing against it. 1
- verb with object chafe to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks. 1
- verb with object chafe to make sore by rubbing: Her collar chafed her neck. 1
- verb with object chafe to irritate; annoy: The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves. 1
- verb with object chafe to warm by rubbing: to chafe cold hands. 1
- verb with object chafe Obsolete. to heat; make warm. 1
- verb without object chafe to become worn or sore from rubbing: His neck began to chafe from the starched collar. 1
- verb without object chafe to rub; press with friction: The horse chafed against his stall. 1
- verb without object chafe to be irritated or annoyed: He chafed at their constant interruptions. 1
- noun chafe irritation; annoyance. 1
- noun chafe heat, wear, or soreness caused by rubbing. 1
- idioms chafe chafe at the bit, to become impatient at delay: The work was going very slowly, and he began to chafe at the bit. 1
- noun chafe Heat excited by friction. 0
- noun chafe Injury or wear caused by friction. 0
- noun chafe Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. 0
- noun chafe (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict. 0
- verb chafe (Transitive Verb) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. 0
- verb chafe (Transitive Verb) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. 0
- verb chafe (Transitive Verb) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. 0
- verb chafe (Intransitive Verb) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. 0
- verb chafe (Intransitive Verb) To be worn by rubbing. 0
- verb chafe (Intransitive Verb) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. 0