Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

    belästigen, ärgern, nervös machen

    дразни́тьdraznítʹ

  3. (transitive)To fret and wear by rubbing.

    to chafe a cable

    verschleißen, abnutzen, abreiben

    натира́тьnatirátʹ, натере́тьnaterétʹ, истиратьistiratʹ

    warm by rubbing, as with the hands

  4. (intransitive)To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

    reiben, scheuern

    тере́тьterétʹ, тере́тьсяterétʹsja

  5. (intransitive)To be worn by rubbing.

    A cable chafes.

    verschleißen, durchscheuern, abscheuern

    протира́тьсяprotirátʹsja, протере́тьсяproterétʹsja

    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

  6. (figuratively, intransitive)To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

    irritieren, verärgern, bekümmern

    горячи́тьсяgorjačítʹsja, зли́тьсяzlítʹsja, раздража́тьсяrazdražátʹsja

Examples

10 sentences

  1. He chafed under the groundless criticism.

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  2. My shoes are chafing my feet.

    ruМои туфли мне трут. — Selena777

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  3. Recipes for chafing dish cookery abound.

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  4. The shoes will chafe if you don't wear socks.

    ruЕсли не наденешь носки, ботинки будут натирать. — marafon

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  5. The horse chafed at the bit put in its mouth.

    deDas Pferd scheuerte sich an der Trense in seinem Maul. — Esperantostern

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
to excite passion or anger in:
to fret and wear by rubbing:
to rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction:
to be worn by rubbing:
to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to excite passion or anger in:
to fret and wear by rubbing:
to rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction:
to be worn by rubbing:
to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (moder

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

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Forms

chafes, chafing, chafed, chafed
Base formchafe · to chafe
3rd person singularchafes
Present participlechafing
Past simplechafed
Past participlechafed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychafe
he, she, itchafes

Past simpleLesson

all personschafed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chafed
he, she, ithas chafed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chafe

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words
Derivedantichafechafagechaferchafesomechafeweedchafing dishchafing gear

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chachadchaffchagrin
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