Usually means: Rubbing that causes irritation, discomfort.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. chafes: Merriam-Webster
  2. chafes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chafes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Chafes, chafes: Wordnik
  5. chafes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. chafes: Wiktionary
  7. chafes: Dictionary.com
  8. chafes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. chafes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chafes: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chafes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. chafes: Medical dictionary

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  1. chafes: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chafe)

noun:  Heat excited by friction.
noun:  Injury or wear caused by friction.
noun:  Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
noun:  (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
verb:  (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
verb:  (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
verb:  (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
verb:  (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
verb:  (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
verb:  (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
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