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chapped adjective [ tʃapt ]

• (of the skin) cracked, rough, or sore, typically from exposure to wind or cold weather.
• "aloe vera soothes dry, chapped lips"

chap verb

• (of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather.
• "his skin is very dry and chaps easily"
Similar: become raw, become sore, redden, become inflamed, chafe, crack, roughen,
Origin: late Middle English: of unknown origin.


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