Definition of "chafing" [chaf•ing]

• Present participle of chafe. (verb)
• The act by which something is chafed. (noun)

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• "This chafing is bound to act and react, producing divers evils and leading to various misfortunes."
• "My neck muscles have only grown a bit sore from blowing my nose and the chafing from the rough toilet paper is already starting to heal."
• "I struggled as best I could, but soon I too was bound in chafing rope and hauled up on deck."