chafe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chafe	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for chafe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chafe n soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee" anger produced by some annoying irritation Synonym(s): annoyance, chafe, vexation v become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe, gall, fret] feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" Synonym(s): chafe, excoriate cause friction; "my sweater scratches" Synonym(s): rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch warm by rubbing, as with the hands
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[amac]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed} (ch[amac]ft); p pr. & vb. n. {Chafing}.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See {Caldron}.] 1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. --Spenser. 2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. Her intercession chafed him. --Shak. 3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chafe \Chafe\, v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. Made its great boughs chafe together. --Longfellow. The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. --Shak. 2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. 3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. --Spenser. He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chafe \Chafe\, n. 1. Heat excited by friction. 2. Injury or wear caused by friction. 3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. --Camden.