skin
noun
1. a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
Similar word(s): cutis, tegument
Definition categories: body
2. an outer surface (usually thin)
- the skin of an airplane
Definition categories: man–made, surface
3. body covering of a living animal
Definition categories: animal
4. a person's skin regarded as their life
- he tried to save his skin
Definition categories: state, aliveness, animation, life, living
5. 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 violent
Similar word(s): skinhead
Definition categories: person, bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo
6. a person whose head is bald or shaved
Similar word(s): baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skinhead
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
7. the rind of a fruit or vegetable
Similar word(s): peel
Definition categories: food, rind
8. a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
Definition categories: man–made, bag
Sentences with skin as a noun:
- He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
- In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
- You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
- Pass me a skin, mate.
- Let me see a bit of skin.
verb
1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Similar word(s): clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle
Definition categories: motion, climb
2. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- The boy skinned his knee when he fell
Similar word(s): scrape
Definition categories: contact, injure, wound
3. remove the bark of a tree
Similar word(s): bark
Definition categories: contact, strip
4. strip the skin off
Definition categories: contact, strip
Sentences with skin as a verb:
- He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
- A wound eventually skins over.