English dictionary

skin

/sk/I/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

noun.body

Examples
Your skin is the largest organ of your body.

Synonyms cutis tegument

Source: WordNet 3.0
an outer surface (usually thin)

noun.artifact

Examples
The skin of an airplane.

Source: WordNet 3.0
body covering of a living animal

noun.animal

Synonyms hide pelt

Source: WordNet 3.0
a person's skin regarded as their life

noun.state

Examples
He tried to save his skin.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the rind of a fruit or vegetable

noun.food

Synonyms peel

Source: WordNet 3.0
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
The external membranous integument of an animal.

noun

Source: webster1913

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

verb.motion

Synonyms clamber scramble shin shinny sputter struggle

Source: WordNet 3.0
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

verb.contact

Examples
The boy skinned his knee when he fell.

Synonyms scrape

Source: WordNet 3.0
remove the bark of a tree

verb.contact

Synonyms bark

Source: WordNet 3.0
strip the skin off

verb.contact

Synonyms flay pare peel

Source: WordNet 3.0
To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to <i>skin</i> an animal.

verb

Source: webster1913
To become covered with skin; as, a wound <i>skins</i> over.

verb

Source: webster1913