skinned over
Developed surface layer
When a liquid or wound skins over, a thin layer forms on its surface—paint developing a film, a scrape forming a scab, a pond acquiring a sheet of ice.
The process suggests healing or hardening: The cut had already skinned over by morning.
Hot milk skins over if left standing.
The image is of new skin growing across an opening.
- scabbedCovered by dried wound
- crustedFormed hard outer covering
- healedReturned to health
- healing upProcess of becoming whole
- coverProtect by overlaying
scar tissue · glazing · wound closure · hardening · frosting · drying · congealing · membrane · granulation · peeled · curing · clotting · adhesion · cracking · regeneration · seal · knitted · lamination