CHAFE


Meaning of CHAFE in English

(~s, chafing, ~d)

1.

If your skin ~s or is ~d by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.

My shorts were chafing my thighs...

His wrists began to ~ against the cloth strips binding them...

The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping ~d.

VERB: V n, V against n, V

2.

If you ~ at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. (FORMAL)

He had ~d at having to take orders from another...

He was chafing under the company’s new ownership.

VERB: no passive, V at/under/against n/-ing, V at/under/against n/-ing

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