To chase (someone or something) away; to disperse.
To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
To rub.
Often followed by away, off, or out: to frighten or scare (someone or something) away.
Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.
To assail or attack (someone or something); to drive (someone or something) away by attacking.
To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
To be afraid or frightened; to fear.
Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
Of a deer: to rub its antlers against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet or to mark territory.
To alarm or frighten (someone or something).
To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
To make an assault or attack; also, to create a disturbance; to brawl, to fight.
A heated argument; a war of words.
A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
A consequence of rubbing, unravelling, or wearing away; a fraying; also, a place where fraying has occurred.
Conflict, disagreement.
To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
To pull something sharply; to pull something out
To pull or twitch sharply.
To remove feathers from a bird.
To play a string instrument pizzicato.
To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
Cheap wine.