chafe

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeɪf/ Rhymes: -eɪf === Noun === chafe (countable and uncountable, plural chafes) Heat excited by friction. Injury or wear caused by friction. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. ==== Derived terms ==== chafen ==== Translations ==== === 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, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing. (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “chafe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. friction burn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Verb === chafe alternative form of chaufen == Spanish == === Verb === chafe inflection of chafar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative