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chafe
/t͡ʃeɪf/
verb 5noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
great, terrible, together
CHAFE + NOUN
cable, sentinel
PREP.
in, in, till, with
ADV.
really
Definitions
noun
1
Heat excited by friction.
2
Injury or wear caused by friction.
3
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]
When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.
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.
the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
[Gitche Manito] Breathed upon the neighbouring forest, / Made its great boughs chafe together, / Till in flame they burst and kindled; […]
5
To be worn by rubbing.
A cable chafes.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]
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When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.
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to chafe a cable
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the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
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[Gitche Manito] Breathed upon the neighbouring forest, / Made its great boughs chafe together, / Till in flame they burst and kindled; […]
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That must really chafe.
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