Chapped — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

crack due to dehydration

used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹɪˈoʊlɪzəm/

🇬🇧British English

/sˌɪnɪmˈatɪks/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˌɪnɪmˈatɪks/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹɪˈoʊlɪzəm/.

Examples

My lips chap in this dry weather
chapped lips

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

roughened cracked chap

Parts of Speech

verb	crack due to dehydration “My lips chap in this dry weather”
adjective	used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure “chapped lips”

Word Forms

chap

noun

a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

rissig

Riss aufgrund von Austrocknung

🇫🇷French

gercé

fissure due à la déshydratation

🇪🇸Spanish

agrietado

crack por deshidratación

🇮🇹Italian

screpolato

crepa dovuta alla disidratazione

🇳🇱Dutch

gekloofd

barst door uitdroging

🇵🇹Portuguese

rachado

rachadura devido à desidratação

🇷🇺Russian

потрескавшийся

трещина из-за обезвоживания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फटे

निर्जलीकरण के कारण दरार

🇧🇩Bengali

কাটা

ডিহাইড্রেশনের কারণে ফাটল

🇮🇳Tamil

வெட்டப்பட்டது

நீரிழப்பு காரணமாக விரிசல்

🇮🇳Telugu

పగిలిన

డీహైడ్రేషన్ కారణంగా పగుళ్లు

🇮🇳Marathi

कापलेला

निर्जलीकरणामुळे क्रॅक

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફાટેલું

નિર્જલીકરણને કારણે ક્રેક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಒಡೆದ

ನಿರ್ಜಲೀಕರಣದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಬಿರುಕು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചൊറിഞ്ഞു

നിർജ്ജലീകരണം കാരണം വിള്ളൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੱਟਿਆ

ਡੀਹਾਈਡਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਦਰਾੜ

🇵🇰Urdu

کٹے ہوئے

پانی کی کمی کی وجہ سے شگاف

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

干裂的

因脱水而破裂

🇯🇵Japanese

荒れた

脱水によるひび割れ

🇰🇷Korean

갈라진

탈수로 인한 균열

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nứt nẻ

nứt nẻ do mất nước

🇹🇭Thai

แตก

แตกเนื่องจากขาดน้ำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pecah-pecah

retak karena dehidrasi

🇵🇭Filipino

pumuputok

pumutok dahil sa dehydration

🇲🇾Malay

bercapuk

retak kerana dehidrasi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مشقوق

الكراك بسبب الجفاف

🇮🇷Persian

ترک خورده

ترک ناشی از کم آبی

🇹🇷Turkish

çatlamış

dehidrasyon nedeniyle çatlak

🇮🇱Hebrew

סדוק

סדק עקב התייבשות

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