(v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
(v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
(v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(n.) Heat excited by friction.
(n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.
(n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Example Sentences:
(1) Single New Yorkers have long chafed at the bad maths that means they're sometimes paying twice the rent their coupled-up friends pay; couples can pool their resources and get a nicer place.
(2) Posterior iris chafing by the loop or the optic portion of sulcusfixated posterior chamber lens implants may cause a spectrum of disorders that include iris-pigment epithelial "window defects," pigment dispersion with or without elevation of intraocular pressure, intermittent microhyphemas with transient visual obscurations, and the UGH syndrome.
(3) Warren, a vocal advocate for economic fairness and Wall Street reform, has notably refrained from endorsing former secretary of state Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee or former Virginia senator Jim Webb.
(4) A popular theme in Shin's films - not unlike the Hollywood weepies of the 1950s - concerns the plight of women chafing under the limits of society's expectations, such as The Evergreen Tree (1961), in which Choi played a reform-minded woman struggling against provincialism to teach rural children how to read and write.
(5) All eyes will be watching closely as Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee spar over the economy, environment, foreign policy, labor rights, and more.
(6) What revolution worth its salt can be fuelled by demands of freedom and dignity and not have gender nestled in its beating heart – especially in a country replete with misogyny, religious fundamentalism (of both the Islamic and Christian kind) and which for 60 years has chafed under a hybrid of military-police rule?
(7) The son of long-time Republican senator John Chafee, Lincoln Chafee worked as a blacksmith at harness-racing tracks and served as mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, before he was appointed to the US Senate in 1999, after his father’s death.
(8) Another Democratic presidential candidate, former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, also appeared to refer to Clinton, telling the DNC: “After 30 years in public service, I’ve had no scandals.
(9) The implantation site has been relocated to reduce chafing by clothing and the post-operative wound dressing technique has been altered to minimise catheter movement.
(10) The son of longtime Rhode Island Republican senator John Chafee, the presidential candidate’s biography brags that he “attended Montana State University horse shoeing school in Bozeman and worked as a farrier at harness racing tracks for seven years”.
(11) Of the other candidates for the Democratic nomination, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley (3%), former Virginia senator and Reagan navy secretary Jim Webb (2%) and former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee (1%) all scored less than “uncommitted” (6%) and “not sure” (8%).
(12) There are long-running tensions between the state and the large Uighur Muslim population, with many in the community chafing at cultural and religious restrictions and some aspiring to independence.
(13) Major figures in Erbil have chafed at gains made by their Syrian neighbours, particularly during the battle for the Yazidi centre of Sinjar , and responses have included cutting back access to the region across the mutual border.
(14) Sample lyric: “It’s barbaric but hey, it’s home.” Most potential for chafing Facebook Twitter Pinterest Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara in The Bridges of Madison County.
(15) Having chafed for years at their own tradition being denied a hearing, they should resist the temptation to turn the tables.
(16) This progressive loss may be related to chronic uveitis from iris chafing by the implant or to direct mechanical damage to the corneal endothelium.
(17) You certainly could make the case that that might have led to a different outcome – it might have hastened the departure of President Assad, but it also would have subjected the United States to a whole host of more significant risks, including more significant outlays of funds to fund essentially a war in Syria .” Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island governor who is polling below 1% in the Democratic race, said the US “unfortunately bears a great deal of responsibility for the refugee crisis because of our invasion of Iraq and the spread of chaos in the region as a result”.
(18) O’Malley, with 0.8%, trailed the former navy secretary and Virginia senator Jim Webb (1.3%) but was in front of the former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee , who had 0.3%.
(19) After the early exit of no-hopers Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb, Hillary Clinton is running against three remaining opponents for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 : Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley and herself.
(20) Beijing loyalists in Hong Kong’s legislature will say, ‘We need to protect the integrity of the motherland, you’re not allowed to say things like ‘Hong Kong is not China.’’ They worry these sentiments will spread to places like Tibet and Xinjiang, western Chinese provinces with large populations of ethnic minorities and a history of chafing under Beijing’s yoke.
Chare
Definition:
(v. t.) To perform; to do; to finish.
(v. t.) To work or hew, as stone.
(v. i.) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
(n.) A narrow street.
(n. & v.) A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Clegg also says he is not going to be cowed into taking Cameron's vow of silence about Farage's assertion that he finds Britain unrecognisable and is uncomfortable at the lack of English spoken on commuter trains out of Charing Cross.
(2) A case analysis has been performed on 4000 successive outpatient referrals to one consultant neurologist, representing 72% of all referrals to Charing Cross Hospital and 82% to Hillingdon Hospital.
(3) No Southeastern trains will run into London Bridge or Charing Cross from December 24 to 28, apart from the Hastings service which will be diverted to London Bridge.
(4) Almost 30 minutes after the protest was due to end taxis still lined the roads around Charing Cross, beeping their horns continuously.
(5) The proposals would see TfL taking control of inner suburban rail services from London Bridge, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Moorgate, Victoria, and Waterloo stations, which TfL has said would improve journeys in and beyond the capital.
(6) A month or so into her stay, her French boyfriend came to visit, and it was after taking him back to Charing Cross station one Thursday evening that Marie's life changed irreparably.
(7) There were reprieves for A&Es at Ealing and Charing Cross, though Hunt warned they might be "a different shape or size".
(8) That won't get you into work from the suburbs, but if you are commuting into a central terminus like Liverpool Street or Charing Cross then a hire bike would take you the rest of the way.
(9) The children's waiting room at Charing Cross Hospital was opened on April 2 1973 as part of the Department of Paediatrics.
(10) He talks about shooting in "the disused tube platforms under Charing Cross in stygian darkness".
(11) The data pertaining to Irish specimens sent to the Lyme disease Laboratory at Charing Cross Hospital since 1986 is presented and discussed.
(12) A marked increase in the prevalence of bacteraemia due to Escherichia coli of serogroup O15 was noted during November and December 1986 at Charing Cross Hospital.
(13) Charing Cross Hospital provides facilities for the study of handicapped children in a normal nursery which forms part of its Child Development Centre.
(14) ",' which was held in Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London in February 1978.
(15) Eight patients with a verrucous carcinoma of the larynx have been seen at the Charing Cross Hospital between 1970 and 1985.
(16) At the Charing Cross Hospital (England) and Family Planning Association Clinics, 121 IUDs were examined after removal from patients.
(17) On Tuesday, Saatchi told the London Evening Standard , for which he is a columnist: "Although Nigella made no complaint I volunteered to go to Charing Cross station and take a police caution after a discussion with my lawyer because I thought it was better than the alternative, of this hanging over all of us for months."
(18) And in London … In the West End, Charing Cross Theatre (Villiers Street, 08444 930 650, tickets from £22.50) is reviving “Piaf”, a searing, soaring play of her life by Pam Gems that has won awards and played almost non-stop worldwide for 40 years.
(19) Two hundred and forty-five transaxillary arteriograms were attempted at Charing Cross Hospital between 1982 and 1991 on 195 arteriopathic patients (mean age 64 years) in whom the femoral route was contra-indicated due to absent pulses (94), previous surgery (108), femoral artery aneurysm (5), severe aorto-iliac disease (8) or previous failure by the femoral route (30).
(20) It’s making things impossible for independent businesses,” says Chris Amos, whose venue Manbar on Charing Cross Road closed recently following a dispute over noise levels.