Chafe
[tʃeɪf] or [tʃef]
Definition
(noun.) soreness and warmth caused by friction; 'he had a nasty chafe on his knee'.
(verb.) warm by rubbing, as with the hands.
(verb.) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; 'This leash chafes the dog's neck'.
(verb.) feel extreme irritation or anger; 'He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation'.
(verb.) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing.
Edited by Clio--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
(v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
(v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(n.) Heat excited by friction.
(n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.
(n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Typist: Rachel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Rub, hurt by rubbing, wear by rubbing.[2]. Irritate, vex, annoy, fret, tease, gall, chagrin, provoke, ruffle, offend, nettle, incense, enrage, exasperate, anger, make angry.
v. n. [1]. Be rubbed, be worn by rubbing.[2]. Rage, fret, fume.
Editor: Moll
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Gall, rub, vex, irritate, chagrin, tease, harass, disappoint, grieve, annoy,worry, calcitrate, re_sent, resist, fret, fidget, writhe
ANT:Soothe, smooth, coax, calm, humor, console, submit, endure, succumb, crouch,truckle
Checked by Bernie
Definition
v.t. to make hot by rubbing: to fret or wear by rubbing: to cause to fret or rage (with against at).—v.i. to fret or rage.—n. heat caused by rubbing: rage: passion.—ns. Chaf′er (obs.) a chafing-dish a saucepan; Chaf′ing-dish a dish or vessel in which anything is made hot: a kind of portable grate; Chaf′ing-gear mats spun-yarn battens &c. put upon the rigging and spars of a ship to prevent their being chafed.
Edited by Caleb
Examples
- I make the schoolmaster so ridiculous, and so aware of being made ridiculous, that I see him chafe and fret at every pore when we cross one another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The fallen nature in Rachel--the mother Eve, so to speak--began to chafe at this. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A great many men, when they smell battle afar off, chafe to get into the fray. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They lay him down upon his bed, and chafe, and rub, and fan, and put ice to his head, and try every means of restoration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Come, cease to chafe, uncle, I'll tell you his name. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Excuse me if I recommend you not to chafe so much, not to be so impetuous, not to wear yourself out so. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In my youth, I should have chafed and fretted under the irritation of my own unreasonable state of mind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Lorry quietly chafed the hands that held his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He chafed in silence, however, not deigning to reply to her question. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They chafed her breast, hands, and temples; but the blood had stopped forever. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You have sufficient reason, I dare say, said Mr. Jarndyce, for being chafed and irritated-- There again! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Holding my hand in both his own, he chafed it; gazing on me, at the same time, with the most troubled and dreary look. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- High into bending and swaying branches he was borne with what seemed to him incredible swiftness, while Tarzan chafed at the slowness of his progress. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Among table appliances are toasters, coffee percolators, electric teapots, chafing dishes and numerous other articles that add to the convenience of preparing food. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- ELECTRIC CHAFING DISHES] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In returning to labour in this sequestered spot he had anticipated an escape from the chafing of social necessities; yet behold they were here also. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This chafing over, the ornamental part of Mr. George's toilet is soon performed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Come, I tell you,' repeated Venus, chafing, 'to my place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But the belts were liable to slip a great deal in the process, and the chafing of the belts charred them badly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These are furnished, as you will note from the illustration (Fig. 16), with suitable cooking pans for the preparation of chafing-dish dainties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But Mr. Carstone is for the time being established in Kenge's room, whereat Mr. Guppy chafes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In which state of mind she kisses the stony lips, and quite believes that the impassive hand she chafes will revive a tender hand, if it revive ever. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He chafes and goads me till--Bah! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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