to chap

4 6.7

To become dry and crack on the skin because of cold or wind

: agrietarse

Do you remember when you were a kid how bad your lips would get chapped?

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Examples

I'm not quite as rabid as Pat, but it does sort of chap me to have to pay for this for prisoners.

Blog text (30)
The way you chap and crack.

Fiction book (2000)
Most of the time I'm quite happy and contented, but some days life conspires to just chap the heck out of me.

Blog text (16)
I'm a freelancer; I do photography on the side. I have a regular full-time job, but it still chaps my hide when I hear people talk down about photographers and how "hard to get along with" they can be or how easy their job is.

Blog text (20)
My lips often chap during the winter months when the air is dry and cold.
After spending all day in the snow, my skin began to chap and feel sore.
If you don't apply moisturizer, your hands will chap from the harsh winter wind.

to heal

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

to moisturize

11 3.4

To put cream, oil, or water on skin to stop it getting dry

9.3

To scold someone angrily for something they did

old chap

11 8.2

A friendly name people use for an older man in Britain

chap lau chu

9.9

A person who likes to have fun and does not care about how they look

to crack

311 1.0

to chap

4 6.7

to roughen

2 4.2

to dry

570 1.0

chap infinitive

chapped past

chapped past participle

chapping present participle

chaps third person singular

Chap as a verb comes from the same old word for a skin split, so to chap is 'to become cracked' or sore from cold, wind, or dry air.