1. • noun - soreness and warmth caused by friction
   • noun - anger produced by some annoying irritation
   • verb - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
   • verb - feel extreme irritation or anger
   • verb - cause annoyance in
   • verb - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
   • verb - cause friction
   • verb - warm by rubbing, as with the hands
2. • To wear away or irritate by rubbing.
   • To annoy; vex.
   • To warm by rubbing, as with the hands.
   • To rub and cause irritation or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck.
   • To become worn or sore from rubbing.
   • To feel irritated or impatient: chafed at the delay.
   • Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction.
   • The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to wear down or rub away a surface by or as if by scraping”: chafed my skin; a swift stream abrading boulders; an excoriated elbow; rope that fretted a groove in the post; his heel galled by an ill-fitting shoe.
3. • v - to warm by rubbing

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