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CHAFE definition: 1. to make skin damaged or sore by rubbing, or to become damaged and sore like this: 2. to warm a…. Learn more.
1. : to feel irritation, discontent, or impatience : fret. chafes at the rules. 2. : to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation.
to be or become annoyed or lose patience, often because of rules or limits: We have been chafing under petty regulations for too long. He chafed at the stuffy formality of the music he was asked to play. Synonym. chaff. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. be chafing at the bit.
Chafe definition: to wear or abrade by rubbing. See examples of CHAFE used in a sentence.
1. To cause irritation by rubbing or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck. 2. To become worn or sore from rubbing or friction: His skin chafed where the cast had been. 3. To feel irritated or impatient: They chafed at the delay. The reporters chafed under the new restrictions. n. 1. Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction. 2.
verb. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex. see more. verb. feel extreme irritation or anger. “He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation”
Definition of chafe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Origin of Chafe. 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.
6 senses: 1. to make or become sore or worn by rubbing 2. to warm (the hands, etc) by rubbing 3. to irritate or be irritated or.... Click for more definitions.
Chafe definition: . See examples of CHAFE used in a sentence.
