Usually means: Rubbing that causes irritation, friction.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. chafe: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. chafe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chafe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chafe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chafe: Vocabulary.com
  6. Chafe, chafe: Wordnik
  7. chafe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. chafe: Wiktionary
  9. chafe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. chafe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. chafe: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. chafe: Dictionary.com
  13. chafe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. chafe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Chafe (crater), Chafe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Chafe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. chafe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. chafe: Rhymezone
  19. chafe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. chafe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. chafe: Free Dictionary
  22. chafe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. chafe: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. chafe: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chafe: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chafe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. chafe: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CHAFE: Acronym Finder
  2. chafe: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chafe: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Chafe: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See chafed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Heat excited by friction.
noun:  Injury or wear caused by friction.
noun:  Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
noun:  (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
verb:  (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
verb:  (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
verb:  (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
verb:  (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
verb:  (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
verb:  (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

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