skin
noun
[ skɪn ]
• the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.
• "I use body lotion to keep my skin supple"
Similar:
epidermis,
dermis,
cuticle,
cutis,
corium,
derma,
derm,
integument,
tegument,
complexion,
colouring,
skin colour,
skin tone,
pigmentation,
• the peel or outer layer of certain fruits or vegetables.
• "potatoes roasted in their skins"
• a customized graphic user interface for an application or operating system.
• a skinhead.
• "we were surrounded by skins with tattoos and braces"
• (especially in jazz) a drum or drum head.
• relating to or denoting pornographic literature or films.
• "the skin trade"
• a card game in which each player has one card which they bet will not be the first to be matched by a card dealt from the pack.
• a unit into which an Aboriginal people is divided, typically on the basis of descent, each skin being associated with a totemic bird, animal, or insect.
skin
verb
• remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).
• "scald and skin the tomatoes"
• take money from or swindle (someone).
• "I ain't no dummy, and I know when I'm being skinned"
• (of a wound) form new skin.
• "the hole in his skull skinned over"
• (of a player) take the ball past (a defender) with ease.
• "Kanchelskis would have skinned him"
• make a cannabis cigarette.
• "we had a few beers and then we skinned up"
Origin:
late Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn ; related to Dutch schinden ‘flay, peel’ and German schinden .
under the skin
• in reality, as opposed to superficial appearances.
• "he still believes that all women are goddesses under the skin"
