chafe
Meaning of chafe
noun
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- An expression of opinionated conflict.
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- To fret and wear by rubbing.
to chafe a cable
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- To be worn by rubbing.
A cable chafes.
- 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:
Meaning gall:
Meaning annoy:
annoy, rag, bother, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, devil
Meaning excoriate:
Meaning rub:
Translation of chafe
- German: ärgern, nerven, verärgern
- French: importuner
- Spanish: molestar, fastidiar, importunar, irritar, incomodar
- Italian: infastidire, scomodare, importunare
- Portuguese: incomodar
Words that rhyme with chafe
achafe, enchafe, overchafe, rechafe
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