Chafe
verb
To rub something repeatedly and cause irritation.
She began to chafe her cold hands together for warmth.
Often appears as...
- chafe against
- chafe under
verb
Feel annoyed or impatient about something.
They began to chafe at the delay.
Often appears as...
- chafe at the bit
- chafe under
noun
A state of annoyance.
His constant chatter caused chafe among the group
Often appears as...
- cause chafe
- chafe at
noun
A soreness or damage caused by rubbing.
The tight shoes caused chafe on his heel.
Often appears as...
- cause chafe
- chafe from
verb
To rub something repeatedly and cause irritation.
She began to chafe her cold hands together for warmth.
Often appears as...
- chafe against
- chafe under
verb
Feel annoyed or impatient about something.
They began to chafe at the delay.
Often appears as...
- chafe at the bit
- chafe under
noun
A state of annoyance.
His constant chatter caused chafe among the group
Often appears as...
- cause chafe
- chafe at
noun
A soreness or damage caused by rubbing.
The tight shoes caused chafe on his heel.
Often appears as...
- cause chafe
- chafe from
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical action
Chafe often describes physical friction that causes discomfort, usually skin-related.
Hiking for hours can cause your thighs to chafe.
Pro Tip 2/3Seek relief
When something chafes, one instinctively tries to adjust or soothe the area.
The collar chafed his neck, so he loosened it.
Pro Tip 3/3Not always visible
Chafe can happen without leaving obvious marks, it's the sensation that's noteworthy.
Though her shoes didn't chafe visibly, they were still uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical action
Chafe often describes physical friction that causes discomfort, usually skin-related.
Hiking for hours can cause your thighs to chafe.
Pro Tip 2/3Seek relief
When something chafes, one instinctively tries to adjust or soothe the area.
The collar chafed his neck, so he loosened it.
Pro Tip 3/3Not always visible
Chafe can happen without leaving obvious marks, it's the sensation that's noteworthy.
Though her shoes didn't chafe visibly, they were still uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical action
Chafe often describes physical friction that causes discomfort, usually skin-related.
Hiking for hours can cause your thighs to chafe.
Pro Tip 2/3Seek relief
When something chafes, one instinctively tries to adjust or soothe the area.
The collar chafed his neck, so he loosened it.
Pro Tip 3/3Not always visible
Chafe can happen without leaving obvious marks, it's the sensation that's noteworthy.
Though her shoes didn't chafe visibly, they were still uncomfortable.
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Video examples
To raise brave girls,...
And on the day of our record attempt, we put furniture pads on the outside of our good luck jeans and we set off, and right away, we were in trouble, because the denim was against our skin and it began to chafe, and soon our knees were being chewed up.
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How one journalist...
she ignored the organizers’ attempt to placate Southern bigotry by placing Black women in the back, and marched up front alongside the white women. She also chafed with other civil rights leaders, who saw her as a dangerous radical.
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Why Do These Women...
young however the coils chafed to achieve the stretch neck look of her elders she'll have to return every few years to have more coils added the caller continues to hurt but for Padang girls pain is a requirement of belonging
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Two Bites for the Pin...
chafe - yeah let's say that I got we lost them we Adam just lost a monster go figure just our luck if we could have caught that fish it would've been a huge morale booster come on hey we can't catch a break
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3 steps to stop remote...
But the truth is, for many introverts, remote work is kind of a nightmare. Now that the pandemic has chased many of us out of our offices, we're chafing under the new remote rules of too much screen time;
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Brass Shackles PIPE...
have carried the tribes mark the caller known as wagged each of them began the painful process as a girl when her bones were small and flexible even on the young however the coils chafed to
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Can you still feel a...
not as a memory or vague shape, but in complete lifelike detail. They can flex their phantom fingers and sometimes even feel the chafe of a watchband or the throb of an ingrown toenail.
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How To Survive Quicksand...
Exhausting. Before we go any further, I have to wash all this sand off. When you've got all that grit in your clothing, it's grinding against your skin. And you get all that chafing.
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John Wesley Powell: From...
even me here's what I wrote we are now ready to begin on our way down the great unknown our our boats tied to a common stake chafe each other as they are
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Neck Stretching PIPE...
painful process as a girl when her bones were small and flexible even on the young however the coils chafed to achieve the stretch neck look of her
Video examples
To raise brave girls,...
And on the day of our record attempt, we put furniture pads on the outside of our good luck jeans and we set off, and right away, we were in trouble, because the denim was against our skin and it began to chafe, and soon our knees were being chewed up.
Video examples
How one journalist...
she ignored the organizers’ attempt to placate Southern bigotry by placing Black women in the back, and marched up front alongside the white women. She also chafed with other civil rights leaders, who saw her as a dangerous radical.
Video examples
Why Do These Women...
young however the coils chafed to achieve the stretch neck look of her elders she'll have to return every few years to have more coils added the caller continues to hurt but for Padang girls pain is a requirement of belonging
Video examples
Two Bites for the Pin...
chafe - yeah let's say that I got we lost them we Adam just lost a monster go figure just our luck if we could have caught that fish it would've been a huge morale booster come on hey we can't catch a break
Video examples
3 steps to stop remote...
But the truth is, for many introverts, remote work is kind of a nightmare. Now that the pandemic has chased many of us out of our offices, we're chafing under the new remote rules of too much screen time;
Video examples
Brass Shackles PIPE...
have carried the tribes mark the caller known as wagged each of them began the painful process as a girl when her bones were small and flexible even on the young however the coils chafed to
Video examples
Can you still feel a...
not as a memory or vague shape, but in complete lifelike detail. They can flex their phantom fingers and sometimes even feel the chafe of a watchband or the throb of an ingrown toenail.
Video examples
How To Survive Quicksand...
Exhausting. Before we go any further, I have to wash all this sand off. When you've got all that grit in your clothing, it's grinding against your skin. And you get all that chafing.
Video examples
John Wesley Powell: From...
even me here's what I wrote we are now ready to begin on our way down the great unknown our our boats tied to a common stake chafe each other as they are
Video examples
Neck Stretching PIPE...
painful process as a girl when her bones were small and flexible even on the young however the coils chafed to achieve the stretch neck look of her
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Quote examples
Alexis Ohanian
American Businessman
Unless it's really an emergency, I'm not going to bother you. And you can see people chafe at that. 'You're in the same office and instant-message each other? Why don't you just walk over?' That's the perfect example of how ingrained the status quo is. To certain people, it may seem lazy, but I would argue it's much more efficient and considerate.
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Josh Hopkins
American Actor
I probably have the worst wardrobe. It's the most ill-fitting with the worst patterns and colors and the most nipple rubbage. There's bad chafing, and it's always tight in all the wrong places. What's sad is that I'm kinda getting used to it.
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Marcus Brigstocke
English Comedian
I'd lie in bed in my dormitory and grab at bits of my body, wanting to tear them off... I was so large by then that, in the heat, my thighs chafed together and bled. I was very unhappy, and yet no one ever asked me how I felt.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
As a young writer, I was sort of sailing around trying to 'find my voice' - for lack of a better term - and I was really chafing against the very minimal brand of domestic realism that I'd read so much of in college.
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Amy Lowell
American Poet
I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.
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Patrick Ness
American Author
The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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John Lindsay
American Politician
Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
If there's one thing that chafes French pride, it's seeing the British steal the limelight.
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Brett Goldstein
I wouldn't recommend wearing tight Spandex for hours. It don't half chafe.
Quote examples
Alexis Ohanian
American Businessman
Unless it's really an emergency, I'm not going to bother you. And you can see people chafe at that. 'You're in the same office and instant-message each other? Why don't you just walk over?' That's the perfect example of how ingrained the status quo is. To certain people, it may seem lazy, but I would argue it's much more efficient and considerate.
Quote examples
Josh Hopkins
American Actor
I probably have the worst wardrobe. It's the most ill-fitting with the worst patterns and colors and the most nipple rubbage. There's bad chafing, and it's always tight in all the wrong places. What's sad is that I'm kinda getting used to it.
Quote examples
Marcus Brigstocke
English Comedian
I'd lie in bed in my dormitory and grab at bits of my body, wanting to tear them off... I was so large by then that, in the heat, my thighs chafed together and bled. I was very unhappy, and yet no one ever asked me how I felt.
Quote examples
Laura van den Berg
American Writer
As a young writer, I was sort of sailing around trying to 'find my voice' - for lack of a better term - and I was really chafing against the very minimal brand of domestic realism that I'd read so much of in college.
Quote examples
Amy Lowell
American Poet
I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.
Quote examples
Patrick Ness
American Author
The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
Quote examples
John Lindsay
American Politician
Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.
Quote examples
Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
Quote examples
Marine Le Pen
French Politician
If there's one thing that chafes French pride, it's seeing the British steal the limelight.
Quote examples
Brett Goldstein
I wouldn't recommend wearing tight Spandex for hours. It don't half chafe.
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