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skin

  [skin] noun, verb, skinned, skin⋅ning, adjective
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–noun
1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible.
2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.
3. the tanned or treated pelt or hide of an animal, esp. when used in apparel and accessories; leather (usually used in combination): pigskin; calfskin.
4. any integumentary covering, casing, outer coating, or surface layer, as an investing membrane, the rind or peel of fruit, or a film on liquid: a skin of thin ice; the aluminum skin of an airplane.
5. Jewelry.
a. the outermost layer of a pearl.
b. the outermost layer of a diamond as found: often different in color and refraction from the inner part of the stone.
6. Nautical.
a. the shell or ceiling of a hull.
b. the outer, exposed part of a furled sail.
7. Metallurgy. an outer layer of a metal piece having characteristics differing from those of the interior.
8. a container made of animal skin, used for holding liquids, esp. wine.
9. Slang. condom.
10. skins, Slang. drums.
11. Slang. a swindler; cheat.
12. Slang. a skinflint.
13. Slang. a horse.
14. Slang. a dollar bill.
15. Rocketry. the outer surface of a missile or rocket.
–verb (used with object)
16. to strip or deprive of skin; flay; peel; husk.
17. to remove or strip off (any covering, outer coating, surface layer, etc.).
18. to scrape or rub a small piece of skin from (one's hand, leg, etc.), as in falling or sliding against something: She skinned her knee.
19. to urge on, drive, or whip (a draft animal, as a mule or ox).
20. to climb or jump: He skinned the rope to the top of the wall.
21. to cover with or as if with skin.
22. Slang. to strip of money or belongings; fleece, as in gambling.
23. Cards. to slide cards one at a time off the top of (the pack) in dealing.
24. Slang. to defeat completely: skinned at the polls.
25. Slang. to castigate; reprimand: skinned for his disobedience.
–verb (used without object)
26. Slang. to slip off or depart hurriedly (often followed by out).
–adjective
27.
a. Slang. showing or featuring nude persons, often in a sexually explicit way: a skin magazine.
b. presenting films, stage shows, exhibitions, etc., that feature nude persons, esp. in a sexually explicit way: a Times Square skin house.
—Idioms
28. by the skin of one's teeth, Informal. by an extremely narrow margin; just barely; scarcely: We made the last train by the skin of our teeth.
29. get under one's skin, Slang.
a. to irritate; bother: His laugh really gets under my skin.
b. to affect deeply; impress; penetrate: That sort of music always gets under my skin.
30. have a thick skin, to be insensitive to criticism or rebuffs: The complaint desk is a job for someone who has a thick skin.
31. have a thin skin, to be extremely sensitive to criticism or rebuffs; be easily offended: Be careful what you say to me, I have a thin skin.
32. in or with a whole skin, without harm; unscathed; safely: She escaped from the burning building with a whole skin.
33. no skin off one's back, nose, or teeth, Slang. of no interest or concern or involving no risk to one.
34. save one's skin, Informal. to avoid harm, esp. to escape death: They betrayed their country to save their skins.
35. skin alive, Informal.
a. to reprimand; scold.
b. to subdue completely, esp. in a cruel or ruthless manner: The home team was skinned alive this afternoon.
36. under the skin, in essence; fundamentally; despite appearances or differences: sisters under the skin.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME (n.) < ON skinn; c. dial. G Schinde skin of fruit

Related forms:
skinlike, adjective

Synonyms:
2. fur. Skin, hide, pelt are names for the outer covering of animals, including humans. Skin is the general word: an abrasion of the skin; the skin of a muskrat. Hide applies to the skin of large animals, as cattle, horses, or elephants: a buffalo hide. Pelt applies to the untanned skin of smaller animals: a mink pelt. 4. hull, shell, husk, crust.
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n.  
  1. The membranous tissue forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis.
  2. An animal pelt, especially the comparatively pliable pelt of a small or young animal: a tent made of goat skins.
  3. A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer: the skin of a peach; a sausage skin; the skin of an aircraft.
  4. A container for liquids that is made of animal skin.
  5. Music A drumhead.
  6. Informal One's life or physical survival: They lied to save their skins.
v.   skinned, skin·ning, skins

v.   tr.
  1. To remove skin from: skinned and gutted the rabbit.
  2. To bruise, cut, or injure the skin or surface of: She skinned her knee.
  3. To remove (an outer covering); peel off: skin off the thin bark.
  4. To cover with or as if with skin: skin the framework of a canoe.
  5. Slang To fleece; swindle.
v.   intr.
  1. To become covered with or as if with skin: In January the pond skins over with ice.
  2. To pass with little room to spare: We barely skinned by.
adj.   Slang
Of, relating to, or depicting pornography: skin magazines.

[Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
skin'less adj.
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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.

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.

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.

3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1. "Skins of wine." --Tennyson.

4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.

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.

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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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.

2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak.

3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]

Skin

Skin\, v. i. 1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.

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.]
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Language Translation for : Skin
Spanish: piel,
German: die Haut,
Japanese: 皮膚
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skin

The external tissue that covers the body. As the body's largest organ (it makes up about one twenty-fifth of an adult's weight), the skin serves as a waterproof covering that helps keep out pathogens and protects against temperature extremes and sunlight. The skin also contains special nerve endings that respond to touch, pressure, heat, and cold. The skin has an outer layer, or epidermis, and a layer immediately below, called the dermis.

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skin  (n.)
c.1200, "animal hide" (usually dressed and tanned), from O.N. skinn "animal hide," from P.Gmc. *skintha- (cf. O.H.G. scinten, Ger. schinden "to flay, skin;" Ger. dial. schind "skin of a fruit," Flem. schinde "bark"), from PIE *sken- "cut off" (cf. Bret. scant "scale of a fish," Ir. scainim "I tear, I burst"), from base *sek- "cut." Replaced native hide; the modern technical distinction between the two words is based on the size of the animal. Meaning "epidermis of a living animal or person" is attested from 1340; extended to fruits, vegetables, etc. 1398.
"Ful of fleissche Y was to fele, Now ... Me is lefte But skyn & boon." [hymn, c.1430]
Jazz slang sense of "drum" is from 1927. As an adj., it formerly had a slang sense of "cheating" (1868); sense of "pornographic" is attested from 1968. The verb is attested from 1392, from the noun. Skin-tight is from 1885; skin deep is first attested 1613 in this:
"All the carnall beauty of my wife, Is but skin-deep." [Sir Thomas Overbury, "A Wife," 1613; the poem was a main motive for his murder]
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Main Entry: 1skin
Pronunciation: 'skin
Function: noun
: the 2-layered covering of the body consisting of an outer ectodermal epidermis that ismore or less cornified and penetrated by the openings of sweat and sebaceous glands and an inner mesodermal dermis that is composed largely of connective tissue and is richly supplied with bloodvessels and nerves

Main Entry: 2skin
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: skinned; skin·ning
: to cut or scrape the skin of skinned his knee>
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skin (skĭn)
n.
The membranous tissue forming an external protective covering or integument of an animal and consisting of the epidermis and dermis. v. skinned, skin·ning, skins
To bruise, cut, or injure the skin of.

skin'less adj.

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skin   (skĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
The outer covering of a vertebrate animal, consisting of two layers of cells, a thick inner layer (the dermis) and a thin outer layer (the epidermis). Structures such as hair, scales, or feathers are contained in the skin, as are fat cells, sweat glands, and sensory receptors. Skin provides a protective barrier against disease-causing microorganisms and against the sun's ultraviolet rays. In warm-blooded animals, it aids in temperature regulation, as by insulating against the cold.
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skin

In addition to the idioms beginning with skin, also see beauty is only skin deep; by the skin of one's teeth; get under someone's skin; jump out of one's skin; make one's flesh creep (skin crawl); more than one way to skin a cat; no skin off one's nose; save one's bacon (skin); soaked to the skin; thick skin.

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