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 →

2) Chapped is the past form of chap: to make skin crack in this way. tree →

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 →
• Put on some lip balm for your chapped lips. tree →
• The farmer's hands were red and chapped from the cold. tree →
• Wear gloves so your hands don't get chapped. tree →
• Licking your lips makes them more chapped. tree →
• The icy wind chapped our cheeks. tree →
• Her chapped knuckles stung when she washed her hands. tree →
• “Yes, my little man,” Slightly anxiously replied, who had chapped knuckles. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chapped» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.