chafing
present participle ofchafe
chafe
verb
uk/tʃeɪf/us/tʃeɪf/chafeverb(RUB)
[IorT]
to make orbecomedamagedorsorebyrubbing:
Thebraceletwas sotightthat itstartedto chafe (mywrist).
[T]old-fashioned
towarmapartof thebodybyrubbing
Scratching and rubbing
- abrade
- abrasion
- chafe
- erode
- grate
- graze
- key
- rasp
- rubsomethingdown
- rubdown
- scour
- scoursomethingout
- scrape
- scratch
- scratching
- smooth
- tickle
- wear
- wear(something)away
chafeverb(BE ANNOYED)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
to be orbecomeannoyedorlosepatiencebecause ofrulesorlimits:
We have been chafingunderpettyregulationsfor toolong.
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fulminating
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- givesomeoneevilsidiom
- postal
- sharp
- stew
- storm
- temper
- tempered
- tempers get frayedidiom
- turn inyourgraveidiom
Idiom
be chafing at the bit
Examplesofchafing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
For me, a young scholarchafingunder self-imposed limitations, he offered a model of the maturing and transforming senior scholar.
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Finally, cryptic sites may also protect the parasite from the client's own attempts to clean itself, such as bychafing.
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Chafingunder the recent wave of regulatory initiatives, many corporations and trade associations channeled funding into think tanks that allowed these messages to be honed and disseminated.
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Nobody expects them to turn the oil tanker round overnight, but my constituents arechafingat the bit.
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Does he suggest that she ischafingunder that restriction, or wishes to change it?
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I understand that the county boroughs arechafingat the bit to get more decisions taken at district level.
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That would surely mean a life of unhappiness for both, chained together andchafingat their links.
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During this century, the giant has begun to stir,chafingagainst the chains.
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Their only physical injury waschafingfrom handcuffs.
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I know that to-day he is writhing andchafingat what he considers to be the inadequate methods that have been adopted for destroying the submarine.
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Therefore, it is not only defence that ischafingat national frontiers to-day; industry and technology, the factors which generate wealth and promote prosperity, are displaying a like impatience.
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Nothing is more fatal to good feeling and mutual respect than the continuedchafingof bonds which at one time were justified but which are now no longer necessary.
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I have no doubt that he ischafingat the fact that he is not able to attend to his responsible duties at this very important period.
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The ceremony is carefully orchestrated by the ship's officers, with some enthusiastic sailorschafingat the degree to which harassment was disallowed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The most classic length is the mid-calf height that keeps the fenders of a western saddle fromchafingthe ankle and calf of the rider.
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- be lost without sb/sth
- be-lost-without-sb-sth
- be lost without someone/something
- beloved
- beloved wife
- below
- below/above stairs
- below-above-stairs
- below-cost price
- below-cost-price
- below decks
- below-decks
- below investment grade
- below-investment-grade
- below par
- below-par
- below the belt
- below-the-belt
- below the fold
- below-the-fold
- below-the-line
- below-the-line
- below/under par
- below-under-par
- belt