Skin Meaning and Definition

Word: Skin

How to pronounce: skɪn

Noun

Definitions:

1. The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Example sentences: "I use body lotion to keep my skin soft"

2. The peel or outer layer of certain fruits or vegetables.

Example sentences: "Potatoes roasted in their skins"

3. A customized graphic user interface for an application or operating system.

Example sentences: "Music, reviews, and attitude all wrapped up in the skin of a catalog"

4. A skinhead.

5. (especially in jazz) a drum or drum head.

6. Relating to or denoting pornographic literature or films.

Verb

Definitions:

1. Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable)

Example sentences: "Scald and skin the tomatoes"

2. Take money from or swindle (someone)

3. (of a wound) form new skin.

Example sentences: "The hole in his skull skinned over"

Synonyms:

leather

scalp

cutis

cream

cutaneous

dermal

hide

pelt

sandpaper

emery cloth

cutaneous covering

skin integument

integument

complexioned

fur

fleece

flay

rip off

derma

dermis

husk

rind

shuck

peel

bark

cuticle

epidermis

scrape

film

surface

face

hull

trim

shell

Derivations:

skinned

skinless

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Skin in Other Languages...

Spanish: Piel

German: Haut

French: Peau

Italian: Pelle

Turkish: Cilt