chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
chaffed
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past participleof chaff.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof chaff.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
chaffnounthe husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Faulconer’s middle-ground politics have chaffed with some of his party’s conservative activists.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
These are a godsend for my inner thighs on long, sweaty summer runs, when they otherwise become a red chaffed mess.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
Backstrom chaffed at Presidents' Trophy talk late last season after winning it in 2009 preceded a first-round exit.
From US News ● Oct. 3, 2016
Some of the causes of the anger are legitimate; the gardeners, for example, are chaffed over a lovingly tended community garden that was bulldozed by a developer.
From Time ● Jun. 1, 2016
Friends of mine chaffed me unmercifully over that topsy-turvy exploit.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton
