Similar words: chafed · cafe · chaff · chase · chamfer · carafe · chalet · chance · change · chapel
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chafe

1 verb rub TRANSITIVEcuimil verb  c m uluigh ar PhrV  c m umy shoes are chafing my heels tá mo bhróga ag luí ar mo shála 2 verb struggle INTRANSITIVEto chafe against sth bheith ag streachailt le rud, bheith faoi bhrú ag rud

chafed

adjectivemy hands were chafed by the rope bhí mo lámha scólta ag an rópathe skin is chafed where the strap is rubbing tá an craiceann deargtha mar a luíonn an strapa
phrases

to chafe at the bit

(also

to champ at the bit

, to chomp at the bit

) bheith ar bís  c m ubheith ar biorbheith ag ríochan na héilleI was chafing at the bit to play bhí mé ar bís le himirt