skin over

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o processo de uma ferida ou superfície sendo coberta por pele nova ou por uma camada fina, geralmente durante a cicatrização.

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.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Heal with new skininformal

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

   Cicatrizar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscicatrize

2. Form a surface layerinformal

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

   Cobrir-se de película

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfilm over

Verbo baseskin