0 present participle of chafe --
2 to be or become annoyed or lose patience because of rules or limits: --
We have been chafing under petty regulations for too long.
The most classic length is the mid-calf height that keeps the fenders of a western saddle from chafing the ankle and calf of the rider.
The ceremony is carefully orchestrated by the ship's officers, with some enthusiastic sailors chafing at the degree to which harassment was disallowed.
I have no doubt that he is chafing at the fact that he is not able to attend to his responsible duties at this very important period.
Nothing is more fatal to good feeling and mutual respect than the continued chafing of bonds which at one time were justified but which are now no longer necessary.
Therefore, it is not only defence that is chafing at national frontiers to-day; industry and technology, the factors which generate wealth and promote prosperity, are displaying a like impatience.
I know that to-day he is writhing and chafing at what he considers to be the inadequate methods that have been adopted for destroying the submarine.
Their only physical injury was chafing from handcuffs.
During this century, the giant has begun to stir, chafing against the chains.
