skin

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//skɪn//

The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

noun

1
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
Her skin is pale like chicken skin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers.
2
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
you know good leather, you know the best way to tan the hides and where to find the best skins
4
A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
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.
Do you eat the skin on custard?
5
A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
6
An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
My friend likes to use a Spider-Man skin in Fortnite.
However, the misconception regarding skin hitboxes was created by a subset of players who believed that wearing thinner skins enhanced their gameplay.
7
slangRolling paper for cigarettes.
Pass me a skin, mate.
8
A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
The younger brother questions the correctness of the pursuit of the girls. "They may be of the wrong subsection," he suggests. "We can take wrong skins," says the older brother, but the younger still holds back.
9
slangBare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Let me see a bit of skin.
10
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
the Bacchic train, Who brought their skins of wine, and loaded poles That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes
11
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
The skin of the sail is made of stretch-resistant Mylar
12
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.
13
The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
14
A drink of whisky served hot.
15
slangA person; chap.
He was a decent old skin.
PAUDI:”I fucking love the pair of ye! You’re good lads. You’re loyal skins”
16
obsoleteA purse.
[…] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber […] frisked the yokel of his yack and skin.
17
A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game.
18
Variant of skinheadslangClipping of skinhead.
By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.
19
Variant of drumskinClipping of drumskin

Etymology

From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (“skin, hide”), from which derives hide. Cognate with Dutch schinde (“bark”), dialectal German Schinde (“fruit peel”); also Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish cenn (“covering, shell”), Irish scáin (“to tear, burst”), Latin scindō (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti, “to split”).

verb

1
To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
2
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
3
To high five.
4
To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
5
To use tricks to go past a defender.
The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.
6
To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
A wound eventually skins over.
Lefotver acrylic paint will often skin as it partially dries.
7
To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
8
archaicTo produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
9
datedTo strip of money or property; to cheat.
10
obsoleteTo sneak off.
11
To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
12
Variant of skin upShort for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)

Forms

plural: skins
past tense: skinned
past participle: skinned
present participle: skinning
third person singular: skins

skiing · A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.skill · A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability,…skilled · Having or showing skill; skillful.

skin · The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

skinned · Having skin.skinner · Someone who skins animals.Skinner · A surname originating as an occupation.

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