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chapped - 3 dictionary results

chap

1[chap] verb, chapped, chap⋅ping, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin): The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.
2. to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split, crack, or open in clefts: The summer heat and drought chapped the riverbank.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become chapped.
–noun
4. a fissure or crack, esp. in the skin.
5. Scot. a knock; rap.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME chappen; c. D kappen to cut; akin to chip 1
chap 1   (chāp)   
v.   chapped, chap·ping, chaps

v.   tr.
To cause (the skin) to roughen, redden, or crack, especially as a result of cold or exposure: The headwind chapped the cyclist's lips.
v.   intr.
To split or become rough and sore: skin that chaps easily in winter.
n.  A sore roughening or splitting of the skin, caused especially by cold or exposure.

[Middle English chappen.]

chapped (chāpt)
adj.
Having or relating to skin that is dry, scaly, and fissured, owing to excessive evaporation of moisture from the skin surface.

Language Translation for : chapped
Spanish: agrietado,
German: rissig,
Japanese: ひびが切れた
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