skin

IPA: skˈɪn

noun

  • (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
  • (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
  • (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
  • (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
  • (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
  • (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
  • (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
  • (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.
  • (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
  • A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
  • (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
  • (nautical) 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.
  • (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
  • A drink of whisky served hot.
  • (slang, Ireland, Britain) person, chap
  • (UK, thieves slang, obsolete) A purse.
  • (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead. [Someone with a shaved head.]

verb

  • (transitive) To injure the skin of.
  • (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
  • (colloquial) To high five.
  • (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
  • (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
  • (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
  • (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
  • (US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
  • (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
  • (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To sneak off.
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Examples of "skin" in Sentences

  • His job is to shear animal skin.
  • The face of the skin is very fragile.
  • Skin coloration in humans is adaptive and labile.
  • The sap of the fig's green parts is an irritant to human skin.
  • New skin cells are created in the skin's lower layer, the dermis.
  • A galvanic skin response is a measurement of the resistance of the skin.
  • It is located in the skin and maintains the complexion and color of skin.
  • Namaqua chameleons darken the skin of the side of their body facing the sun.
  • Fur is brushed on the skin with carrott, and then the fur is cut off the skin.
  • Perspiration or sweat on skin surfaces of humans or animals is also protective.

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