Chapped

//t͡ʃæpt// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of chap form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

    "For chapped lips, or chapped nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, […] / For severely chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor […]"

  2. 2
    Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind. in-compounds

    "This wide-chopt-raſcall, would thou mightſt lye drowning the waſhing of ten Tides."

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure wordnet

Synonyms

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crackedcrackedroughroughenedroughened

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"After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry."

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