Crossword clues for chafed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[=a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed (ch[=a]ft); p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See Caldron.]
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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin.
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To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession chafed him.
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To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed.
--Sir W. Scott.Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: chafe)
WordNet
adj. painful from having the skin abraded [syn: galled]
Usage examples of "chafed".
I pretended to be perfectly indifferent about Chullunder Ghose, standing silently beside him while they tied his leg to mine and seeming not to notice when they beat him until he yelled because he pulled his leg away when the rope touched the skin it had chafed the day before.
What chafed Clyde most was the fact that his vacation had expired today.
He chafed at the necessity of entrusting his fate to a courageous slip of a girl who had already done more for him than he had any right to ask.
Blackthorn chafed at his own inability to take some of the burden of caring for the child upon himself.
A strip of whalebone had worked loose and she had a sore, chafed place at her waist.
The wine made the handkerchief pink as a rose, and her head, where I chafed it, grew crimson.
Such humble duty would have chafed the harder had he not been able to read the documents Wyme perused: it seemed not to have occurred to the man that Arcole could read and write.
Floyt had originally chafed at the news that there would be a brief detour en route to the Grapple, but right then the idea seemed brilliant.
Fortunatus knelt before her and chafed her feet between his hands until tears ran down her cheeks.
Its stride was smooth and supple, although its rough fur chafed the skin of her thighs.
The iron collar at his neck chafed his skin, and he shifted to ease the raw ache.
No doubt the poor boy had been consigned to the monastery against his will and now chafed at the discipline: Rosvita had seen such novices in her time at Korvei.
She chafed her hands to warm them and tugged her cloak more tightly about herself, prepared to wait out the night.
At this moment, as the heat chafed her skin, she watched with her five companions.
His dreams warned him those circumstances drew ever closer and he chafed at the delay, fearing Arcole waited too long.