CHAFE meaning: Rubbing that causes irritation, friction

We found 37 dictionaries that define the word CHAFE:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

chafe: Merriam-Webster
chafe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
chafe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
chafe: Collins English Dictionary
chafe: Vocabulary.com
Chafe, chafe: Wordnik
chafe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
chafe: Wiktionary
chafe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
chafe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
chafe: Infoplease Dictionary
chafe: Dictionary.com
chafe: Online Etymology Dictionary
chafe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Chafe (crater), Chafe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Chafe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
chafe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
chafe: Rhymezone
chafe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
chafe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
chafe: FreeDictionary.org
chafe: Mnemonic Dictionary
chafe: TheFreeDictionary.com
chafe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

chafe: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

chafe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

chafe: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
chafe: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

CHAFE: Acronym Finder
chafe: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

chafe: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Chafe: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See chafed as well.)

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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.

Similar:

fray, rub, scratch, fret, vexation, annoyance, gall, feeze, grinding, cheap, more...

Opposite:

soothe, alleviate, ease, relieve

Types:

chaff, scuff, scrape, rub, chatter, more...

Phrases:

chafe at the bit, chafe or scrape, chafe at, more...

Adjectives:

great, mighty, sultry, many, impetuous, current, pelting, such, unprofitable, inward, much

Colors:

red, pink, crimson, scarlet, maroon, more...