to chafe

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Heat excited by friction
{v} to fret, fume, rage, warm, vex, rub
{n} a heat, fume, rage, fury, passion
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage
cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes
To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated
Injury or wear caused by friction
feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"
To damage to a line, sail, or other rigging caused by rubbing
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction
{i} irritation; friction, rubbing; soreness caused by rubbing
warm by rubbing, as with the hands
Damage by rubbing
to wear down by rubbing the surface of a line against a solid object
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
{f} rub against; make sore by rubbing; warm by rubbing; irritate
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"
To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable
To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate
soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee" warm by rubbing, as with the hands tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm
If you chafe at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. He had chafed at having to take orders from another He was chafing under the company's new ownership
anger produced by some annoying irritation
warm by rubbing, as with the hands tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it. My shorts were chafing my thighs His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed
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