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Skin

//skɪn//

Definitions

1
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
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peel pericarp
3
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
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hide pelt

1
To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
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bark

Word Origin

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...

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Skin

//skɪn//

Definitions

nounskins

1
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
Similar
peel pericarp
3
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
Similar
hide pelt

verbskins · skinning · skinned

1
To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
Similar
bark

Word Origin

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...

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chafe

excoriate

2

To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

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flay fleece flense

3

To high five.