CHIDES

Verb

chides

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chide

Anagrams

• Scheid, chedis, diches

Source: Wiktionary


CHIDE

Chide, v. t. Etym: [imp. Chid, or Chode (Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.] Etym: [AS. cidan; of unknown origin.]

1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.

2. Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

Syn.

– To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.

Chide, v. i.

1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. Ex. xvii. 2.

2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak.

Chide, n. Etym: [AS. cid]

Definition: A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) 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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