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Chafing
To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
📖 Definitions of "Chafing"
verb
- 1
To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- 2
To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- 3
To fret and wear by rubbing.
"to chafe a cable"
- 4
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is chafed.
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