chafe
verb
- to feel irritated
noun
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Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪf/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁ti Proto-Italic *kalēō Classical Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Classical Latin faciō Classical Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chauferbor. Middle English chaufen English chafe Inherited from Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
“Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]”
“When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁ti Proto-Italic *kalēō Classical Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Classical Latin faciō Classical Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chauferbor. Middle English chaufen English chafe Inherited from Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- To fret and wear by rubbing.
“i was reminded why i stopped wearing jeans. they hurt so bad compared to pleated pants […] yeah, but the sides of my hips and my junk were all sore. idr the english word, but ig they were ”wearing against it”. oh ”chafe”?”
“to chafe a cable”
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
“the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores”
“[Gitche Manito] Breathed upon the neighbouring forest, / Made its great boughs chafe together, / Till in flame they burst and kindled; […]”
- To be worn by rubbing.
“A cable chafes.”
- To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
“He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.”
“Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy[…]”