Chapped
/t͡ʃæpt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of chap form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 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 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 used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure wordnet
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More examples"After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry."