skin
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą (compare Dutch schinde (“bark”), dialectal German Schinde (“fruit peel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”), Latin scindere (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti, “he splits”)), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (“skin, hide”), see hide. More at shed.
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: skĭn, IPA(key): /skɪn/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) Audio (AU) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
NounEdit
skin (countable and uncountable, plural skins)
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
- (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.
- In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
- (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.
- You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- Pass me a skin, mate.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin. [1]
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- Let me see a bit of skin.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- 1843, Richard Henry Horne, Orion
- the Bacchic train,
Who brought their skins of wine, and loaded poles
That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes
- the Bacchic train,
- 1843, Richard Henry Horne, Orion
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- (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.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- (slang, Ireland, Britain) person, chap
- He was a decent old skin.
SynonymsEdit
- (outer covering of living tissue): dermis, integument, tegument
- (outer protective layer of a plant or animal): peel (of fruit or vegetable), pericarp
- (skin of an animal used by humans): hide, pelt
- (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid): film
- (subgroup of Australian Aboriginals): moiety, section, subsection
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- give some skin to
- skin in the game
- by the skin of one's teeth
- comfortable in one's own skin
- get under someone's skin
- it's no skin off my back
- jump in one's skin
- make one's skin crawl
- no skin off my nose
- shirts and skins
- skin and bone
- skin and bones
- skin cancer
- skincare
- skin care
- skin cell
- skin color
- skin colour
- skin cream
- skin disease
- skin effect
- skin flick
- skinflint
- skin flute
- skin graft
- skin job
- skin movie
- skin type
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ReferencesEdit
VerbEdit
skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- (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).
- Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
- (Britain, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
- 2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC[1]:
- The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
- A wound eventually skins over.
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:
- It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
- (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.
SynonymsEdit
- (injure the skin of): bark, chafe, excoriate, graze, scrape
- (remove the skin of): flay, fleece, flense, scalp
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1994, Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, paperback →ISBN, Introduction.
AnagramsEdit
AbinomnEdit
NounEdit
skin
CimbrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Norwegian ski + -an (infinitive suffix).
VerbEdit
skin
NounEdit
skin n
ReferencesEdit
- “skin” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
DanishEdit
NounEdit
skin n (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)
VerbEdit
skin
- imperative of skinne
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)
AnagramsEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From skína (“to shine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
skin n (genitive singular skins, nominative plural skin)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
skin
- Alternative form of skyn
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
skin
- inflection of skina:
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From skīnan.
NounEdit
skīn n
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
skin f (plural skins)
- (computing) skin (image used as the background of a graphical user interface)
- (countable, video games) skin (alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game)
SwedishEdit
VerbEdit
skin
- imperative of skina.
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
skin
Derived termsEdit
- skin pas (envelope)
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
skin (nominative plural skins)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- beraskin
- beraskinaluhät
- beraskinik
- blägaskin
- blägaskinan
- blägaskinik
- blövaskin
- blövaskinan
- blövaskinik
- braunaskin
- braunaskinan
- braunaskinik
- bubülaskin
- fitaskin
- flitaskinäd
- fukaskin
- fukaskinik
- ganaskin
- gedaskin
- gedaskinan
- gedaskinik
- goldaskin
- goldaskinan
- goldaskinik
- goldinalainaskin
- grünaskin
- grünaskinan
- grünaskinik
- hiskinan
- härminaskin
- härminaskinamäned
- härminaskinik
- jipaskin
- jipaskinik
- jipülaskin
- jipülaskinik
- jiskinan
- kapaskin
- kranaskin
- lainaskin
- largentaskin
- largentaskin
- largentaskinan
- largentaskinan
- largentaskinik
- largentaskinik
- leskin
- leskinik
- lievaskin
- mäned härminaskinik
- redaskin
- redaskinan
- redaskinik
- räkunaskin
- skinadefälot
- skinafron
- skinahogül
- skinajüd
- skinam
- skinamaläd
- skinamaläd
- skinan
- skinaplastüd
- skinaplif
- skinaskret
- skinasümik
- skinik
- skiniklinükam
- skiniklinüköl
- skinikäled
- skinil
- skinön
- svimaskinäd
- säskinam
- säskinamaneif
- säskinamasep
- säskinamasep
- säskinamöp
- säskinanadünan
- säskinanaluvab
- säskinön
- vietaskin
- vietaskinan
- vietaskinik
- yelovaskin
- yelovaskinan
- yelovaskinik