Other Definitions
skin (enc)
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Skin| Noun | 1. | skin - a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"investment - 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; "swimming in the buff" dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck cuticle, epidermis - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates skin cell - any of the cells making up the skin macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases freckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin liver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland pore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion 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 free nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor Pacinian corpuscle - a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals scalp - the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy" agnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | | | 2. | skin - the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) | | | 3. | skin - an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" | | | 4. | skin - body covering of a living animal | | | 5. | skin - a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"aliveness, animation, living, life - the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" | | | 6. | skin - the rind of a fruit or vegetablerind - the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh jacket - the outer skin of a potato banana peel, banana skin - the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded); "he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell" | | | 7. | skin - a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the skin of an animalbag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" wineskin - an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | | | Verb | 1. | skin - climb awkwardly, as if by scramblingclimb - move with difficulty, by grasping | | | 2. | skin - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" | | | 3. | skin - remove the bark of a treestrip - remove the surface from; "strip wood" | | | 4. | skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples"peel off - peel off the outer layer of something strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood" flay - strip the skin off | | | 5. | skin - strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" | |
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