chafe
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chafe
- /t͡ʃeɪf/ US
Rhymes with -eɪf
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.
noun chafes
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]
verb chafes · chafing · chafed
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- To fret and wear by rubbing. to chafe a cable
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
- To be worn by rubbing. A cable chafes.
- To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
Translations
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noun heat excited by friction
| Español | calor friccional |
|---|---|
| Português | assadura |
| Français | chauffer en frictionnant |
| Deutsch | Reibungswärme |
| Italiano | surriscaldamento |
noun injury or wear caused by friction
| Español | escocimiento, irritación, cocedura, rozadura, escocedura, escozor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 摩擦 masatsu, 擦過傷 sakkashō |
| 中文 | 摩擦 mócā, 磨損 /磨损 mósún, 擦熱 /擦热 cārè |
| Português | esfolamento, desgaste |
| Français | inflammation, abrasion |
| Deutsch | Schürfwunde, Verschleiß, Abnutzung |
| Italiano | abrasione, escoriazione |
| Română | rosătură |
| Русский | сса́дина ssádina, потёртость potjórtostʹ |
noun vexation; irritation of mind; rage
| Español | solivianto |
|---|---|
| Português | raiva |
| Français | énervement, colère |
| Deutsch | Ärger, Verdruss, Belästigung, Wut, Qual, Beunruhigung |
| Italiano | irritazione, collera, stizza, rabbia, nervosismo |
| Română | enervare |
| Русский | раздраже́ние razdražénije, доса́да dosáda, гнев gnev, недово́льство nedovólʹstvo |
verb to excite passion or anger in
| Español | irritar, soliviantar, enrabietar, escocer |
|---|---|
| Português | enraivecer |
| Deutsch | belästigen, ärgern, nervös machen, reizen, verärgern, aufregen |
| Italiano | arrapare, stimolare, attizzare, provocare |
| Русский | дразни́ть draznítʹ |
| עברית | עצבן itsbén, הקניט hiknít |
verb to fret and wear by rubbing
| Español | caldar, escocer |
|---|---|
| Português | friccionar |
| Deutsch | verschleißen, abnutzen, abreiben, abscheuern, scheuern |
| Italiano | sfregare, logorare, abradere, scorticare, escoriare |
| Русский | натира́ть natirátʹ, натере́ть naterétʹ, истирать istiratʹ |
| עברית | שפשף shifshéf, חיכך khikékh |
verb to rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction
| Español | erosionarse, escocer |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 擦熱 /擦热 cārè |
| Português | atritar, desgastar |
| Deutsch | reiben, scheuern |
| Русский | тере́ть terétʹ, тере́ться terétʹsja |
| עברית | שפשף shifshéf, חיכך khikékh |
verb to be worn by rubbing
| Español | desgastarse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 擦熱 /擦热 cārè |
| Português | desgastar |
| Deutsch | verschleißen, durchscheuern, abscheuern, abreiben, durchreiben |
| Русский | протира́ться protirátʹsja, протере́ться proterétʹsja |
| עברית | השתפשף hishtafshéf, התחכך hitkhakékh |
verb to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated
| Español | irritarse |
|---|---|
| Português | irritar-se |
| Français | irriter, vexer |
| Deutsch | irritieren, verärgern, bekümmern, plagen, belästigen, aufregen |
| Русский | горячи́ться gorjačítʹsja, зли́ться zlítʹsja, раздража́ться razdražátʹsja |
| עברית | התעצבן hit'atsbén, התרגז hitragéz |
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