skin definition

English skin definition

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: skĭn, IPA^(key): /skɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

skin (countable and uncountable, plural skins)

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

   He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.

   • Body definition

     Physical frame.

     1. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. (1 of 24 body definitions)

   • Animal definition

     A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants). (1 of 6 animal definitions)

   • Human definition

     Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives. (1 of 2 human definitions)
2. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

   • Fruit definition

     In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals. (1 of 9 fruit definitions)

   • Plant definition

     An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. (1 of 15 plant definitions)
3. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

   • Humans definition

     plural of human

   • Upholstery definition

     The craft or business of upholstering furniture. (1 of 2 upholstery definitions)
4. (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.

   • Congeal definition

     To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold (1 of 4 congeal definitions)

   • Liquid definition

     A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid. (1 of 2 liquid definitions)
6. (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.

   • Computing definition

     The process or act of calculation. (1 of 3 computing definitions)

   • Graphical User Interface definition

     A type of user interface which allows people to interact with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text.

   • Appearance definition

     The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. (1 of 8 appearance definitions)

   • Layout definition

     A structured arrangement of items within certain limits. (1 of 6 layout definitions)

   • Computer Program definition

     A complete piece of software. A set of instructions for a computer. This term can refer to either the executable form that a computer can execute (executable code) or the human readable form (source code). (Several programs, each of which does a task, can be collected as a software package or suite).
7. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.

   • Video Game definition

     A type of game existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a video terminal or television screen, and controlled by a paddle, joystick, joypad, mouse, or keyboard.

   • Texture Map definition

     A matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping

   • Geometry definition

     The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships. (1 of 4 geometry definitions)
8. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.

   Pass me a skin, mate.

   • Rolling Paper definition

     A small sheet of paper used for rolling (tobacco) cigarettes, joints (marijuana cigarettes), and the like. (1 of 2 rolling paper definitions)
9. (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.

   • Skinhead definition

     Someone with a shaved head. (1 of 2 skinhead definitions)
10. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin. ^[1]

    • Aboriginal definition

      First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. (1 of 3 aboriginal definitions)

    • Cultural definition

      Pertaining to culture.
11. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

    Let me see a bit of skin.

    • Bare definition

      Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. (1 of 11 bare definitions)

    • Breast definition

      Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males. (1 of 10 breast definitions)
12. 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

    • Vessel definition

      Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. (1 of 6 vessel definitions)
13. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

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    • Nautical definition

      Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
14. (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.
15. A drink of whisky served hot.

    • Whisky definition

      An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in oak barrels. (1 of 3 whisky definitions)
16. (slang, Ireland, Britain) person, chap

    He was a decent old skin.

Synonyms

• (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

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Translations

See also

• cutaneous
• cutis
• dermis
• epidermis

References

• skin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)

1. (transitive) To injure the skin of.

   He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.

   • Bike definition

     Clipping of bicycle. (1 of 3 bike definitions)
2. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
3. (colloquial) To high five.

   • High Five definition

     A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at shoulder height or higher. (1 of 2 high five definitions)
4. (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?

5. (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.

   • Soccer definition

     association football

   • Trick definition

     Something designed to fool or swindle. (1 of 13 trick definitions)
6. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.

   A wound eventually skins over.

7. (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.

8. (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.

   • Recitation definition

     The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized. (1 of 4 recitation definitions)

   • Examination definition

     The act of examining. (1 of 4 examination definitions)

   • Crib definition

     A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. (1 of 23 crib definitions)

   • Memoranda definition

     plural of memorandum
9. (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.

Synonyms

• (injure the skin of): bark, chafe, excoriate, graze, scrape
• (remove the skin of): flay, fleece, flense, scalp

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• -kins, Sink, inks, k'ins, kins, sink

Abinomn skin definition

Noun

skin

1. star

   • Star definition

     Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots. (1 of 11 star definitions)

Cimbrian skin definition

Etymology

From Norwegian ski +‎ -an (infinitive suffix).

Verb

skin

1. (Luserna) to ski

   • Ski definition

     One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water. (1 of 2 ski definitions)

Noun

skin n

1. (Luserna) skiing

   • Skiing definition

     present participle of ski

References

• “skin” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Danish skin definition

Noun

skin n (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)

1. light, glare

   • Light definition

     Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light. (1 of 16 light definitions)

   • Glare definition

     An intense, blinding light. (1 of 6 glare definitions)
2. semblance

   • Semblance definition

     likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar. (1 of 2 semblance definitions)

Verb

skin

1. imperative of skinne

   • Skinne definition

     rail (1 of 4 skinne definitions)

Dutch skin definition

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Noun

skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)

1. (computing) Skin
2. Short for skinhead.

Anagrams

• niks, snik

Icelandic skin definition

Etymology

From skína (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɪːn/
• Rhymes: -ɪːn

  Homophone: skyn

Noun

skin n (genitive singular skins, nominative plural skin)

1. shine, shimmer, brightness

   • Shine definition

     To emit or reflect light so as to glow. (1 of 9 shine definitions)

   • Shimmer definition

     To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly.

   • Brightness definition

     The quality of being bright. (1 of 3 brightness definitions)

Declension

Derived terms

• sólskin

Anagrams

• sink

Middle English skin definition

Noun

skin

1. Alternative form of skyn

   • Skyn definition

     sense, awareness, perception (1 of 3 skyn definitions)

Norwegian Nynorsk skin definition

Verb

skin

1. inflection of skina:
   1. present
   2. imperative

   • Skina definition

     a small plate covering a keyhole

Old Saxon skin definition

Etymology

From skīnan.

Noun

skīn n

1. shine

Portuguese skin definition

Noun

skin f (plural skins)

1. (computing) skin (image used as the background of a graphical user interface)

   • Skin definition

     The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human. (1 of 15 skin definitions)
2. (countable, video games) skin (alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game)

Swedish skin definition

Verb

skin

1. imperative of skina.

Tok Pisin skin definition

Etymology

English skin

Noun

skin

1. (anatomy) skin
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:

     Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

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   • Anatomy definition

     The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. (1 of 8 anatomy definitions)

Derived terms

• skin pas (envelope)

Volapük skin definition

Noun

skin (nominative plural skins)

1. skin

Declension

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