Noun
chafe (uncountable)
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:argument
1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, The Adventures Of A Revolutionary Soldier: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.
Translations
injury or wear caused by friction
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: ожулване n (ožulvane), протриване n (protrivane)
- Catalan: coïssor (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 摩擦 (zh) (mócā), 磨損/磨损 (zh) (mósún), 擦熱/擦热 (cārè)
- Czech: podráždění n (třením)
- Danish: gnavesår n
- Dutch: schaafwonde, pijnlijke ruwe plek
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: hiertymä, hankauma
- French: inflammation (fr) f, abrasion (fr) f
- Galician: abrasión (gl) f, esfoladura f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Schürfwunde (de) f, Verschleiß (de) m, Abnutzung (de) f
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: horzsolás (hu)
- Icelandic: núningssár n
- Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: abrasione (it) f, escoriazione (it) f
- Japanese: 摩擦 (ja) (まさつ, masatsu), 擦過傷 (ja) (さっかしょう, sakkashō)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: odparzenie n, zatarcie n, otarcie (pl)
- Portuguese: esfolamento m, desgaste (pt) m
- Romanian: rosătură (ro) f
- Russian: сса́дина (ru) f (ssádina), потёртость (ru) f (potjórtostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: bruichealachd f
- Spanish: escocimiento m, irritación (es) f, cocedura f, rozadura f, escocedura f, escozor (es) m
- Swedish: skavsår (sv) n, skav (sv) n
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vexation; irritation of mind; rage
- Bulgarian: раздразнение (bg) n (razdraznenie)
- Catalan: ràbia (ca) f
- Dutch: ergernis (nl), woede (nl)
- Finnish: ärsytys (fi)
- French: énervement (fr) m, colère (fr) f
- German: Ärger (de) m, Verdruss (de) m, Belästigung (de) f, Wut (de) f, Qual (de) f, Beunruhigung (de) f
- Italian: irritazione (it) f, collera (it) f, stizza (it) f, rabbia (it) f, nervosismo (it) m
- Portuguese: raiva (pt) f
- Romanian: enervare (ro) f
- Russian: раздраже́ние (ru) n (razdražénije), доса́да (ru) f (dosáda), гнев (ru) m (gnev), недово́льство (ru) n (nedovólʹstvo)
- Spanish: solivianto (es) m
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Verb
chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
to chafe a cable
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
A cable chafes.
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
1996, Jim Schiller, Developing Jepara in New Order Indonesia, page 58:Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy […]
Translations
to excite passion or anger in
- Bulgarian: дразня (bg) (draznja)
- Czech: podráždit pf, dráždit (cs) impf
- Danish: stimulere, opildne, provokere
- Dutch: zich ergeren (nl), zich opwinden (nl)
- Finnish: ärsyttää (fi)
- Galician: irritar (gl), alporizar, enervar, enrabiar, enrabechar
- German: belästigen (de), ärgern (de), nervös machen, reizen (de), verärgern (de), aufregen (de), verdrießen (de), erregen (de), erzürnen (de), irritieren (de), anecken (de)
- Italian: arrapare (it), stimolare (it), attizzare (it), provocare (it)
- Maori: hotu
- Middle English: chaufen
- Polish: dręczyć (pl) impf, drażnić (pl) impf
- Portuguese: enraivecer (pt)
- Russian: дразни́ть (ru) impf (draznítʹ)
- Spanish: irritar (es), soliviantar (es), enrabietar (es), escocer (es)
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to fret and wear by rubbing
- Azerbaijani: sürtmək (az)
- Bulgarian: протривам (bg) (protrivam)
- Catalan: desgastar (ca)
- Czech: dřít (cs) impf, rozedřít pf
- Danish: slide
- Dutch: afslijten (nl)
- Finnish: hangata (fi)
- German: verschleißen (de), abnutzen (de), abreiben (de), abscheuern, scheuern (de)
- Maori: pākanikani, hikahika, mōhanihani
- Mongolian: хөлрөх (mn) (xölröx), үрэх (mn) (ürex), холгох (mn) (xolgox)
- Polish: odparzyć pf, odparzać impf
- Portuguese: friccionar (pt)
- Russian: натира́ть (ru) impf (natirátʹ), натере́ть (ru) pf (naterétʹ), истирать (ru) impf (istiratʹ)
- Spanish:
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to rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction
- Ainu: シルシル (shiru-shiru)
- Bulgarian: трия (bg) (trija), търкам (bg) (tǎrkam)
- Catalan: desgastar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 擦熱/擦热 (cārè)
- Danish: slide
- Dutch: schuren (nl)
- Finnish: hangata (fi)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: reiben (de), scheuern (de)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: pākanikani, mōhanihani, hikahika
- Mongolian: хөлрөх (mn) (xölröx), үрэх (mn) (ürex), холгох (mn) (xolgox)
- Polish: wycierać (pl) impf, przecierać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: atritar, desgastar (pt)
- Russian: тере́ть (ru) impf (terétʹ), (intransitive) тере́ться (ru) impf (terétʹsja)
- Spanish: erosionar (es), escocer (es)
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to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated
- Bulgarian: дразня се (bg) (draznja se), горещя се (bg) (goreštja se)
- Catalan: coure (ca)
- Danish: irritere
- Dutch: irriteren (nl), vervelen (nl)
- Finnish: ärsyyntyä (fi)
- French: irriter (fr), vexer (fr)
- German: irritieren (de), verärgern (de), bekümmern (de), plagen (de), belästigen (de), aufregen (de), quälen (de), beunruhigen (de)
- Maori: hotu
- Polish: być rozdrażnionym impf
- Portuguese: irritar-se
- Russian: горячи́ться (ru) impf (gorjačítʹsja), зли́ться (ru) impf (zlítʹsja), раздража́ться (ru) impf (razdražátʹsja)
- Spanish: irritarse (es)
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