chapped, cracked, roughened
(adjective) used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; “chapped lips”
chap
(verb) crack due to dehydration; “My lips chap in this dry weather”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chapped (comparative more chapped, superlative most chapped)
(of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
Synonyms: cracked, rough
(in combination) Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind.
chapped
simple past tense and past participle of chap
Source: Wiktionary
Chap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chapping.] Etym: [See Chop to cut.]
1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. Blackmore. Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. Lyly.
2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.]
Chap, v. i.
1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]
Chap, n. Etym: [From Chap, v. t. & i.]
1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] Many clefts and chaps in our council board. T. Fuller.
3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.]
Chap, n. Etym: [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw. Käft, D. kiæft; akin to G. kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. Chops.]
1. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings. His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood. Cowley. He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps. Shak.
2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
Chap, n. Etym: [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. kiæft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.]
1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.] If you want to sell, here is your chap. Steele.
2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]
Chap, v. i. Etym: [See Cheapen.]
Definition: To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
