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Look up: Chafe

  1. chafe
    [n] - soreness and warmth caused by friction 2. [v] - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing 3. [v] - feel extreme irritation or anger 4. [v] - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading 5. [v] - warm by rubbing, as with the hands
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. chafe
    a localized area where a fabric has been damaged by friction Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Chafe
    Chafe (chāf) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chafed (chāft); p pr. & verbal noun Chafing .] [ Middle English chaufen to warm, Old French chaufer , French chauffer , from Latin calefacere , calfacere , to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/50

  4. Chafe
    Chafe intransitive verb 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 irrita ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/50

  5. Chafe
    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. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/50

  6. chafe
    To cause irritation of the skin by friction. ... Origin: Fr. Chauffer, to heat, fr. L. Calefacio, to make warm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. chafe
    noun soreness and warmth caused by friction; `he had a nasty chafe on his knee`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. chafe
    gall verb become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. chafe
    excoriate verb tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; `This leash chafes the dog`s neck`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. chafe
    verb warm by rubbing, as with the hands
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Chafe
    `Chafe` may be: *Chafe parish in Nigeria, Africa *Chafé in Portugal, Europe (pronunciation: sha-FEH), a parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo *Chafe, a Martian crater *`chafe` is heat excited by friction and vexation, irritation of mind and rage. *`chafed` skin is a rash that develops from two areas rubbing together repeatedly *in Australian youth slang, to `chafe` is to suck up or brown nose to someone *Winnie Chafe pt:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chafe

  12. Chafé
    The small church/village of `Chafé` is located near the Atlantic coast 7km south of Viana do Castelo, Portugal (41.7ºN, 8.8ºW), 59km north of Porto. The population in 2000 was 2490. Category:Villages in Portugal
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chafé

  13. chafe
    (chāf) to irritate the skin by friction, such as from clothing, from the rubbing together of body surfaces (such as the thighs) that are damp with perspiration, or from the rubbing together of opposing skin folds. The skin folds of obese persons are particularly subject to chafing.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  14. Chafe
    • (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. • (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. • (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. • (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. • (n.) Heat excited by friction. • (v. i.) To rub; to come...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. chafe
    chafe 1. To warm something, especially the hands or other parts of the body, by rubbing. 2. Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction. 3. Annoyance; vexation. 4. To become sore or worn by rubbing, or to make something sore or worn in this way. 5. To rub something, causing friction. 6. Etymology: from Latin calefacere, 'to make hot, to make warm...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  16. Chafe
    damage to a line caused by rubbing against another object
    Found on http://andrews.com/kysc/terms.html

  17. chafe
    1. soreness and warmth caused by friction
    2. anger produced by some annoying irritation

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