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chafe

noun
/t͡ʃeɪf/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from calefacio
  2. derived from chaufer
  3. inherited from chaufen

Definitions

  1. Heat excited by friction.

  2. Injury or wear caused by friction.

  3. Vexation

    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.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To excite heat in by friction

      To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

    2. To excite passion or anger in

      To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

    3. To fret and wear by rubbing.

      • to chafe a cable

    4. To rub

      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; […]

    5. To be worn by rubbing.

      • A cable chafes.

    6. To have a feeling of vexation

      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[…]
      • As Meta has spent billions to bring in A.I. talent, some members of the old guard have chafed at the new hires, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA