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chafing

/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/

chafingnoun

chafings

Translations

натирание

Chafing can occur when skin rubs against clothing.

Натирание может возникнуть, когда кожа трется о одежду.

Additional translations

раздражение

трение

Definitions

The act or process of rubbing or wearing away by friction.

The chafing of the rope against the rock eventually caused it to fray.

A sore or irritation of the skin caused by friction.

After the long hike, he noticed chafing on his thighs from his shorts.

Synonyms

chafinggerund / present participle

/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/

Used attributively and predicatively to describe something that causes irritation by rubbing, or a utensil that keeps food warm.

Definitions

Causing irritation or abrasion through friction.

Tight backpack straps can have a chafing effect on the shoulders.

Designed or used to keep food warm over a gentle heat (chiefly attributive).

The buffet was laid out in gleaming chafing dishes.

Synonyms

chafeverb

chafing

Gerund

chafed

Past Simple

chafed

Past Participle

chafing

Gerund

/tʃeɪf/

Translations

натирать

The rough fabric began to chafe his skin.

Грубая ткань начала натирать его кожу.

раздражать

The constant delays started to chafe the passengers.

Постоянные задержки начали раздражать пассажиров.

Additional translations

разгонять

нагревать

Definitions

To make sore by rubbing.

The rough fabric chafed her skin after a long day of wearing the dress.

To irritate or annoy.

The constant delays began to chafe the passengers waiting at the airport.

To warm by rubbing, especially with the hands.

He chafed his hands together to keep warm in the cold weather.

To become impatient or irritated, especially because of a restriction or delay (usually followed by "at" or "under").

The horses chafed at their harnesses during the long wait.

Synonyms

chafenoun

Definitions

A state or feeling of irritation or annoyance.

She felt a growing chafe at his constant lateness.

A sore or worn area on the skin caused by rubbing or friction.

After the long hike, he noticed a chafe on his heel from his new boots.

chafegerund / present participle

chafing

Used in compounds like 'chafing dish'; also as descriptive adjective ('chafing straps')

Definitions

Designed to keep food warm over a heat source; used attributively.

The sauce was kept hot in a chafing dish.

Causing soreness or irritation by rubbing; abrasive.

The chafing straps of his backpack left red marks on his shoulders.

chafeadjective

Definitions

Attributive: relating to or intended to prevent chafing.

Runners often apply chafe cream before long races.

chafepast participle

Definitions

Sore or worn from rubbing or friction.

After the marathon, he treated his chafed skin with aloe.