Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chafe
nounchafing (plural chafings)
plural chafings
- The act by which something is chafed.
The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.
1853, The Popular Educator: Volume 3, page 325
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις
- ἀνάτριψις (anátripsis)the rubbing together of objects
German Reiben, Aneinanderreiben
- Reibenthe rubbing together of objects
- Aneinanderreibenthe rubbing together of objects
Latin tritūra
- tritūrathe rubbing together of objects
Māori hikahikanga
- hikahikangathe rubbing together of objects
Spanish escocimiento, escozor
- escocimientothe rubbing together of objects
- escozorthe rubbing together of objects
- escocedurathe rubbing together of objects
- bifethe rubbing together of objects
Swedish skavning
- skavningthe rubbing together of objects
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APA
chafing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chafing
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“chafing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chafing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chafing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chafing.
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