skin
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (8)skins
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch“your skin is the largest organ of your body”Synonyms: tegumentcutisType of connective tissue, body coveringKinds scalp, buff, hangnail, cuticle, prepuce, investment, dewlap, skin graft, thick skinPart of integumentary systemParts wrinkle, freckle, pore, epidermis, sweat gland, dermis, skin cell, macule +7 moreMade of melanin
- an outer surface (usually thin)“the skin of an airplane”Type of surfacePart of aircraft
- body covering of a living animalSynonyms: hidepeltType of body covering
- a person's skin regarded as their life“he tried to save his skin”Type of animation, life
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violentSynonyms: skinheadType of bully, toughMember of skinheads, bootboys
- a person whose head is bald or shavedSynonyms: baldheadbaldpatebaldyskinheadType of actor, doer
- the rind of a fruit or vegetableSynonyms: peel
- a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
Verb (4)skinned, skinning, skins
- climb awkwardly, as if by scramblingSynonyms: clamberscrambleshinshinnystrugglesputterMore general climb
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of“The boy skinned his knee when he fell”Synonyms: scrapeMore general injure, wound
- remove the bark of a treeSynonyms: barkMore general strip
- remove the skin from“pare apples”Synonyms: peelpareMore general stripMore specific peel off, flay
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Translations
Noun outer covering of the body
- Spanish
- piel
- French
- peau
- German
- Haut
- Italian
- pelle
- Portuguese
- pele
- Turkish
- cilt
- Russian
- ко́жа kóža
- Arabic
- جِلْد jild
- Chinese
- 皮肤 pífū
- Japanese
- 皮膚 hifu
36 more languages
- Dutch
- huid
- Polish
- skóra
- Swedish
- hud
- Greek
- δέρμα dérma
- Korean
- 피부 pibu
- Indonesian
- kulit
- Vietnamese
- da
- Hungarian
- bőr
- Portuguese (PT)
- pele
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 皮膚 pífū
- Albanian
- lëkurë
- Breton
- kroc'hen
- Catalan
- pell
- Corsican
- peddi
- Czech
- kůže
- Danish
- hud
- Esperanto
- haŭto
- Estonian
- nahk
- Finnish
- iho
- Georgian
- კანი ḳani
- Hebrew
- עוֹר or
- Icelandic
- húð
- Kurdish
- çerm
- Latvian
- āda
- Lithuanian
- oda
- Malagasy
- hoditra
- Norwegian
- hud
- Romanian
- piele
- Scottish Gaelic
- craiceann
- Serbo-Croatian
- koža
- Slovak
- koža
- Slovenian
- koža
- Swahili
- ngozi
- Walloon
- pea
- Welsh
- croen
- Yiddish
- הויט hoyt
Noun animal hide, pelt
- Spanish
- piel
- French
- peau
- German
- Haut
- Portuguese
- pele
- Turkish
- deri
- Russian
- шку́ра škúra
- Arabic
- جلد jild
- Chinese
- 皮 pí
- Dutch
- huid
- Polish
- skóra
25 more languages
- Swedish
- skinn
- Greek
- δέρμα dérma
- Korean
- 가죽 gajuk
- Indonesian
- kulit
- Hungarian
- bőr
- Portuguese (PT)
- pele
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 皮 pí
- Albanian
- lëkurë
- Breton
- kroc'hen
- Catalan
- pell
- Danish
- skind
- Esperanto
- haŭto
- Estonian
- nahk
- Georgian
- ტყავი ṭq̇avi
- Hebrew
- עור or
- Latvian
- āda
- Lithuanian
- oda
- Norwegian
- skinn
- Romanian
- piele
- Scottish Gaelic
- seiche
- Slovak
- koža
- Swahili
- ngozi
- Walloon
- pea
- Welsh
- croen
- Yiddish
- הויט hoyt
Verb to remove the skin of
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin.
1. Anatomy The external membranous integument of an animal.
☞ In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue.
2. The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1. “Skins of wine.” Alfred Tennyson
4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
5. Nautical (a) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. Benjamin J. Totten (b) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
Skin friction, Skin resistance Nautical, the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel. — Skin graft Surgery, a small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See Graft, transitive verb, 2. — Skin moth Zoology, any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus. — Skin of the teeth, nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. Job xix. 20. — Skin wool, wool taken from dead sheep.
1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.— William Shakespeare
3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. slang
1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
2. To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited. College Cant, U.S.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54