chafed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chafed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chafed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chafed adj painful from having the skin abraded [syn: chafed, galled]
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.