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Webster 1913 Edition

Chafe

Chafe

(chāf)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chafed
(chāft)
;
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.
Shakespeare
3.
To fret and wear by rubbing;
as, to
chafe
a cable
.
Syn. – To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

Chafe

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare

Chafe

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chafe

CHAFE

, v.t.
1.
To excite heat or inflammation by friction, as to chafe the skin; also, to fret and wear by rubbing, as to chafe a cable.
2.
To act violently upon, by rubbing; to fret against, as waves against a shore.
The troubled Tyber chafing with his shores.
3.
To be fretted and worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

CHAFE

,
Noun.
1.
Heat, excited by friction.
2.
Violent agitation of the mind or passions; heat; fret; passion.

Definition 2025

chafe

chafe

See also: chafé

English

Noun

chafe ‎(uncountable)

  1. Heat excited by friction.
  2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
  3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.5:
      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 […].
  4. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
    • When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him.

Synonyms

  • (opinionated conflict):
  • argument    [WS]

Translations

Verb

chafe ‎(third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)

  1. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
  2. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  3. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing
    to chafe a cable
  4. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
    • Shakespeare
      the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
    • Longfellow
      made its great boughs chafe together
  5. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
    A cable chafes.
  6. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
    • Shakespeare
      He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
    • 1996, Jim Schiller , Developing Jepara in New Order Indonesia, page 58:
      Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy […]

Translations

References

Spanish

Verb

chafe

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chafar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chafar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chafar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chafar.

Etymology

Middle English chaufen ‎(“to warm”), from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere ‎(“to make warm”), from calere ‎(“to be warm”) + facere ‎(“to make”). See caldron.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /tʃeɪf/
  • Rhymes: -eɪf

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