noun 1. the outer surface of the body ○ The baby’s skin is very smooth. □ to be just skin and bones to be extremely thin 2. an outer surface of a fruit or vegetable ○ This orange has a very thick skin. ○ You can cook these new potatoes with their skins on. 3. a thin layer on top of a liquid that has cooled down after being hot ○ I don’t like the skin on the top of chocolate pudding. 4. □ to have a thick skin to be able to stand a lot of criticism (informal.) ○ Luckily he has a thick skin or he would get very annoyed at what the tabloids say about him. □ by the skin of your teeth only just ○ He escaped from the enemy by the skin of his teeth. □ to jump out of your skin to be very frightened or surprised ○ The bang made her jump out of her skin. ■ verb to remove the skin from an animal or fish ○ Ask the fishmonger to skin the sole for you. (NOTE: skinning – skinned)
slang
to abate, or lower the value of anything; “thin-SKINNED,”
sensitive, touchy, liable to be “raw” on certain subjects.
sensitive, touchy, liable to be “raw” on certain subjects.
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. 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
1. (Anat.) The external membranous integument of an animal. 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 (Zoöl.), 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
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]
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]
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