Skin

Quick meaning: Skin is a noun meaning (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

Meaning

(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
2. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
3. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
4. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
5. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
6. (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

Pass me a skin, mate.

Do you eat the skin on custard?

He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.

My friend likes to use a Spider-Man skin in Fortnite.

Word Forms

• skins
• skinne
• skinning
• skinned

Synonyms for skin

Depending on context, synonyms include peel, pericarp, hide, pelt, film, bark.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pelt, pare, peel, sputter, stub, abrade.

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