Chafe word meaning and definition

[noun] anger produced by some annoying irritation
[noun] soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"
[verb] warm by rubbing, as with the hands
[verb] cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
[verb] tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
[verb] cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
[verb] feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"
[verb] become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

\Chafe\ (ch[=a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed} (ch[=a]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.
\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.
\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.

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