Definition of chafe

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Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

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Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..
Chafed :: Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.
Cockchafer :: Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle..
Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground..
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
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