'Skin' definitions:

Definition of 'skin'

(from WordNet)
noun
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: skin, tegument, cutis]
noun
An outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
noun
Body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt, skin]
noun
A person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
noun
The rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin]
noun
A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
verb
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
verb
Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape]
verb
Remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin]
verb
Strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel, pare]

Definition of 'Skin'

From: GCIDE
  • Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Skinning.]
  • 1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially. [1913 Webster]
  • It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Skin'

From: GCIDE
  • Skin \Skin\, n. [Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin.]
  • 1. (Anat.) The external membranous integument of an animal. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1. "Skins of wine." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) (a) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. --Totten. (b) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Skin friction, Skin resistance (Naut.), the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel.
  • Skin graft (Surg.), a small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See Graft, v. t., 2.
  • Skin moth (Zool.), any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus.
  • Skin of the teeth, nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. --Job xix. 20.
  • Skin wool, wool taken from dead sheep. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Skin'

From: GCIDE
  • Skin \Skin\, v. i.
  • 1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]

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