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Word: chafe
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Meaning:
Noun:
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
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Verb:
- 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.
- intransitive To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
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