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Noun chafe has 2 senses
- chafe - soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"
--1 is a kind of tenderness, soreness
- annoyance, chafe, vexation - anger produced by some annoying irritation
--2 is a kind of anger, choler, ire
--2 has particulars:
Verb chafe has 6 senses
- chafe, gall, fret - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
--1 is one way to irritate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"
--2 is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
--3 is one way to displease
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- chafe, excoriate - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
--4 is one way to abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch - cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
--5 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
- chafe - warm by rubbing, as with the hands
--6 is one way to warm
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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