chafe

(noun, verb)

noun

1. soreness and warmth caused by friction

- he had a nasty chafe on his knee

Definition categories: state, rawness, soreness, tenderness

2. anger produced by some annoying irritation

Similar word(s): annoyance, vexation

Definition categories: feeling, anger, choler, ire

verb

1. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Similar word(s): fret, gall

Definition categories: perception, irritate

2. feel extreme irritation or anger

Definition categories: emotion, experience, feel

3. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Similar word(s): annoy, bother, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

Definition categories: emotion, displease

4. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

- This leash chafes the dog's neck

Similar word(s): excoriate

Definition categories: contact, abrade, abrase, corrade

5. cause friction

Similar word(s): fray, fret, rub, scratch

Definition categories: contact, adjoin, meet, touch

6. warm by rubbing, as with the hands

Definition categories: change, warm

Sentences with chafe as a verb:

- A cable chafes.