chafe

Meaning of chafe

noun
  1. Heat excited by friction.
  2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
  3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
  4. An expression of opinionated conflict.
verb
  1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
  2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  3. To fret and wear by rubbing.
    to chafe a cable
  4. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
  5. To be worn by rubbing.
    A cable chafes.
  6. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Information about chafe

  • The plural form of chafe is: chafes.
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Hyphenation of chafe

chafe

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • chafe is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

chafe synonyms

Meaning annoyance:

annoyance, vexation

Meaning gall:

gall, fret

Meaning annoy:

annoy, rag, bother, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, devil

Meaning excoriate:

excoriate

Meaning rub:

rub, fray, fret, scratch

Translation of chafe

Words that rhyme with chafe

achafe, enchafe, overchafe, rechafe

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