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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions chafe noun  head, Heat excited by friction. Injury or wear caused by friction. vexation, Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. verb (chaf, ing) (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; as, to chafe a cable. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Etymology: (term, chaufen, , to warm, lang=enm) < (term, chaufer, lang=fro) (modern French (term, chauffer, lang=fr)) < (term, calefacere, lang=la), (term, calfacere, , to make warm, lang=la) < (term, calere, , to be warm, lang=la) + (term, facere, , to make, lang=la). See (term, caldron).      Full Definition of chafe  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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