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# chapped

«chapped» in Mova's school dictionary: **dry, rough, cracked and sore, usually because of cold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (chapped); verb (chap, chaps, chapped, chapping — past form)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Chapped skin or lips are dry, rough, cracked and sore, usually because of cold wind or dry air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#m1)

2) Chapped is the past form of chap: to make skin crack in this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and everyday life chapped lips and hands are common in winter; lip balm, gloves and hand cream help. In science, cold wind removes moisture from the skin. In stories it shows a cold, harsh setting or a hard-working person. Phrases: chapped lips, chapped hands.

### examples

- My lips get chapped in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x1)
- Put on some lip balm for your chapped lips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x2)
- The farmer's hands were red and chapped from the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x3)
- Wear gloves so your hands don't get chapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x4)
- Licking your lips makes them more chapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x5)
- The icy wind chapped our cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x6)
- Her chapped knuckles stung when she washed her hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x7)
- “Yes, my little man,” Slightly anxiously replied, who had chapped knuckles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/#x8)

### note

Double p: chapped. Tip: licking dry lips makes them worse, not better. «Chap» also means a man (UK informal), which is a different word.

### In the corpora

- [Cold wind and dry heating take water from the skin; licking your lips makes them more chapped, and lip balm helps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chapped» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapped/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.