skin over

• Verbe à particule désignant le processus par lequel une plaie ou une surface se recouvre d'une nouvelle peau ou d'une fine couche, souvent au cours de la cicatrisation.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the process of a wound or surface becoming covered with new skin or a thin layer, often during healing.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Heal with new skininformal

   To become covered with new skin as part of the healing process for a wound or injury.

   se recouvrir de peau neuve

   • The cut on his finger skinned over within a week.
   • After the burn, the wound slowly skinned over.
   • The scrape on her knee skinned over without leaving a scar.

   Synonymescicatrize

2. Form a surface layerinformal

   To develop a thin layer on the surface of a liquid, similar to skin.

   former une pellicule

   • The hot milk skinned over as it cooled.
   • The paint in the can skinned over after being left open.
   • The pond skinned over with a thin layer of ice.

   Synonymesfilm over

Verbe de baseskin