Words that rhyme with safe

  • chafe
    n 1: soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee" 2: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: annoyance, chafe, vexation] v 1: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe, gall, fret] 2: feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" 3: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 4: tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe, excoriate] 5: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch] 6: warm by rubbing, as with the hands
  • strafe
    n 1: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields" v 1: attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"
  • unsafe
    adj 1: lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future" [syn: insecure, unsafe] [ant: secure] 2: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe] 3: not safe from attack [syn: insecure, unsafe]
  • vouchsafe
    v 1: grant in a condescending manner
  • waif
    n 1: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" [syn: waif, street child]
  • seif
  • ralph
  • grafe
  • scaife
  • lataif
  • rafe
  • raiff
  • shaef

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