skin

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: skin

1	n v	a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch strip the skin off
2	n v	an outer surface (usually thin) remove the bark of a tree
3	v	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: skin

“your skin is the largest organ of your body”

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outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism; thick skin
skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros); skin graft
a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn; buff
bare skin; naked; dewlap
a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck; foreskin, prepuce
a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis; foreskin, prepuce
a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris; scalp
the skin that covers the top of the head; cuticle
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail; agnail, hangnail
a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected; pellicle
thin protective membrane in some protozoa

Type of:: body covering
any covering for the body or a body part; connective tissue
tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments

“he tried to save his skin”

Type of:: aliveness, animation, life, living
the condition of living or the state of being alive

Types:: water skin, waterskin
a container of skin for holding water; wineskin
an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine

Types:: peel off
peel off the outer layer of something; flay
strip the skin off; exfoliate
remove the surface, in scales or laminae

“The boy skinned his knee when he fell”

“the skin of an airplane”

Type of:: surface
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

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the outer skin of a potato; banana peel, banana skin
the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded); lemon peel, lemon rind
the rind of a lemon; orange peel, orange rind
the rind of an orange; lemon zest
tiny bits of lemon peel; orange zest
tiny bits of orange peel

Type of:: rind
the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

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