chafe

[US]/tʃeɪf/
[UK]/tʃeɪf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.abrasion or irritation
v.to rub or irritate the skin
Word Forms
Present Participlechafing
Past Participlechafed
Past Tensechafed
Pluralchafes
Third Person Singularchafes

Phrases & Collocations

skin chafe

chafe from friction

Example Sentences

chafed at the delay.

A stiff collar may chafe your neck.

The loud noise chafed him.

The clients chafed at the delay.

the bark of saplings galled by improper staking.See Synonyms at chafe

the collar chafed his neck.

to prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat.

She chafed her cold hands.

The foaming waves chafe against the rocky shore.

Her skin chafes easily.

The loud noise from the nearby factory chafed him.

The high collar chafed against my neck.

I see him chafe and fret at every pore.

he chafed some feeling into his frozen hands.

Her shoes chafed the skin on her feet.

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