Definition of Skin in English :

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Skin meaning in English

Meaning of Skin in English

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Skin

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Noun

1. cutis, skin, tegument

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

Example Sentences:
'your skin is the largest organ of your body'

2. skin

an outer surface (usually thin)

Example Sentences:
'the skin of an airplane'

3. hide, pelt, skin

body covering of a living animal

4. skin

a person's skin regarded as their life

Example Sentences:
'he tried to save his skin'

5. peel, skin

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

6. skin

a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal

Verb

7. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

8. scrape, skin

bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

Example Sentences:
'The boy skinned his knee when he fell'

9. bark, skin

remove the bark of a tree

10. pare, peel, skin

strip the skin off

Example Sentences:
'pare apples'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Skin

see synonyms of skin
noun
1. 
a. 
the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (the dermis and epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc. It is mainly protective and sensory in function
b. 
(as modifier)
a skin disease
See also dermis, epidermis ▶ Related adjectives: cutaneous, dermatoid
2. 
a person's complexion
a fair skin
3. 
any similar covering in a plant or lower animal
4. 
any coating or film, such as one that forms on the surface of a liquid
5. 
unsplit leather made from the outer covering of various mammals, reptiles, etc
Compare hide2 (sense 1)
6. 
the outer covering of a fur-bearing animal, dressed and finished with the hair on
7. 
a container made from animal skin
8. 
the outer covering surface of a vessel, rocket, etc
9. 
a person's skin regarded as his or her life
to save one's skin
10. (often plural) informal
(in jazz or pop use) a drum
11. informal short for skinhead
12. slang
a cigarette paper used for rolling a cannabis cigarette
13. Irish slang
a person; sort
he's a good old skin
14.  by the skin of one's teeth
15.  get under one's skin
16.  jump out of one's skin
17.  no skin off one's nose
18.  skin and bone
19.  thick skin
20.  thin skin
verbWord forms: skins, skinning or skinned
21. (transitive)
to remove the outer covering from (fruit, etc)
22. (transitive)
to scrape a small piece of skin from (a part of oneself) in falling, etc
he skinned his knee
23. (often foll by over)
to cover (something) with skin or a skinlike substance or (of something) to become covered in this way
24. (transitive) slang
to strip of money; swindle
adjective
25. 
relating to or for the skin
skin cream
26. slang, mainly US
involving or depicting nudity
skin magazines

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers


Skin

see synonyms of skin
noun
1. 
the outer covering or integument of the animal body
2. 
such a covering, esp. that of a small animal, when removed from the body and prepared for use; pelt
3. 
something like skin in appearance or function; any outer layer, as fruit rind, the shell or plating of a ship, a film or scum, the outermost nacreous layer in a pearl, etc.
4. 
a container made of animal skin, used for holding liquids
5.  US; [pl.]; Slang
a set of drums, esp. in a jazz band
6.  US, Slang
a dollar
verb transitiveWord forms: skinned or ˈskinning
7. 
to cover with or as with skin; grow skin on
8. 
to remove skin from
9. 
to strip or peel off, as or like skin
10. 
to injure by scraping or abrading (one's knee, elbow, etc.)
11.  Informal
a. 
to defraud or cheat; swindle
b.  US
to criticize or scold severely
12.  US, Informal
to drive or urge on (a mule, ox, etc.)
verb intransitive
13. 
to become covered with skin
14.  Informal
to climb (up or down)
15. 
to move (through), pass (by), succeed, etc. by a very narrow margin
adjective
16.  Slang
depicting or involving nudity and, sometimes, explicit sexual activity
skin magazine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Skin

see synonyms of skin
n.
1. The membranous tissue forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis.
2. An animal pelt, especially the comparatively pliable pelt of a small or young animal: a tent made of goat skins.
3.
a. A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer: the skin of a peach; a sausage skin; the skin of an aircraft.
b. A thin, close-fitting, usually elastic garment, especially a shirt, worn by scuba divers and others who engage in water sports for protection against scrapes and other superficial injuries.
4. A container for liquids that is made of animal skin.
5. Music A drumhead.
6. One of a pair of strips of fabric or other material temporarily applied to the undersides of a pair of skis to provide traction while ascending slopes.
7. Computers A design layout for the interface of a program such as a media player or instant messaging application that a user can select and often customize in order to alter the default appearance.
8. Informal One's life or physical survival: They lied to save their skins.
v. skinned, skin·ning, skins
v.tr.
1. To remove skin from: skinned and gutted the rabbit.
2. To bruise, cut, or injure the skin or surface of: She skinned her knee.
3. To remove (an outer covering); peel off: skin off the thin bark.
4. To cover with a skin or a similar layer: skin the framework of a canoe.
5. Slang To fleece; swindle.
v.intr.
1. To become covered with skin or a similar layer: In January the pond skins over with ice.
2. To pass with little room to spare: We barely skinned by.
adj.
Slang
Of, relating to, or depicting pornography: skin magazines.

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