CHAFING
Dictionary entry overview: What does chafing mean? • CHAFING (noun)
The noun CHAFING has 1 sense:
1. soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction
Familiarity information: CHAFING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHAFING (noun)
Meaning:
Soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("chafing" is a kind of...):
rawness; soreness; tenderness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chafing"):
intertrigo (chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs))
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