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# chafed

verb (chafe, chafes, chafed, chafing)

«chafed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To chafe is to rub the skin until it becomes sore or raw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chafed/#m1)
2. To be chafed is to be annoyed or irritated by something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chafed/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a crown or collar rubs and hurts the skin; a dog's skin is sore where it has been rubbed

### Examples

- The crown chafed her forehead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chafed/#x1)
- The skin on the dog's neck was chafed and sore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chafed/#x2)
- His collar chafed all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chafed/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chafed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chafed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chafed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chafed.html) on Mova free.