Word: chafing
To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
To fret and wear by rubbing. Example: to chafe a cable
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
To be worn by rubbing. Example: A cable chafes.
To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
The act by which something is chafed.
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