OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 13974

chafe

/t͡ʃeɪf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enrabietar • escocer • irritar • soliviantar
To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
caldar • escocer
To fret and wear by rubbing.
to chafe a cable
erosionarse • escocer
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
[Gitche Manito] Breathed upon the neighbouring forest, / Made its great boughs chafe together, / Till in flame they burst and kindled; […]
the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
desgastarse
To be worn by rubbing.
A cable chafes.
irritarse
To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy[…]