skin

skin

cross section of human skin

A. melanocyte

B. muscle

C. sebaceous gland

D. hair shaft

E. epidermis

F. dermis

G. subcutaneous tissue

H. fat

I. artery

J. sweat gland

K. hair follicle

L. Pacinian corpuscle

skin

 (skĭn)

n.

1. The membranous tissue forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis.

2. An animal pelt, especially the comparatively pliable pelt of a small or young animal: a tent made of goat skins.

3.

a. A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer: the skin of a peach; a sausage skin; the skin of an aircraft.

b. A thin, close-fitting, usually elastic garment, especially a shirt, worn by scuba divers and others who engage in water sports for protection against scrapes and other superficial injuries.

4. A container for liquids that is made of animal skin.

5. Music A drumhead.

6. One of a pair of strips of fabric or other material temporarily applied to the undersides of a pair of skis to provide traction while ascending slopes.

7. Computers A design layout for the interface of a program such as a media player or instant messaging application that a user can select and often customize in order to alter the default appearance.

8. Informal One's life or physical survival: They lied to save their skins.

v. skinned, skin·ning, skins

v.tr.

1. To remove skin from: skinned and gutted the rabbit.

2. To bruise, cut, or injure the skin or surface of: She skinned her knee.

3. To remove (an outer covering); peel off: skin off the thin bark.

4. To cover with a skin or a similar layer: skin the framework of a canoe.

5. Slang To fleece; swindle.

v.intr.

1. To become covered with skin or a similar layer: In January the pond skins over with ice.

2. To pass with little room to spare: We barely skinned by.

adj. Slang

Of, relating to, or depicting pornography: skin magazines.

Idioms:

by the skin of (one's) teeth

By the smallest margin.

get under (someone's) skin

1. To irritate or stimulate; provoke.

2. To preoccupy someone; become an obsession.

have a thick skin

1. To be slow to take offense.

2. To be insensitive to the needs or concerns of others.

make (one's) skin/flesh crawl

To cause one to be afraid or disgusted.

under the skin

Beneath the surface; fundamentally: enemies who are really brothers under the skin.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

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skin

(skɪn)

n

1. (Zoology)

a. the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (the dermis and epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc. It is mainly protective and sensory in function

b. (as modifier): a skin disease. See also dermis, epidermiscutaneousdermatoid

2. a person's complexion: a fair skin.

3. (Biology) any similar covering in a plant or lower animal

4. any coating or film, such as one that forms on the surface of a liquid

5. (Tanning) unsplit leather made from the outer covering of various mammals, reptiles, etc. Compare hide²¹

6. (Tanning) the outer covering of a fur-bearing animal, dressed and finished with the hair on

7. a container made from animal skin

8. (Aeronautics) the outer covering surface of a vessel, rocket, etc

9. a person's skin regarded as his life: to save one's skin.

10. (Instruments) (often plural) informal (in jazz or pop use) a drum

11. informal short for skinhead

12. (Recreational Drugs) slang a cigarette paper used for rolling a cannabis cigarette

13. slang Irish a person; sort: he's a good old skin.

14. by the skin of one's teeth by a narrow margin; only just

15. get under one's skin informal to irritate one

16. jump out of one's skin to be very startled

17. no skin off one's nose informal not a matter that affects one adversely

18. skin and bone extremely thin

19. thick skin an insensitive nature

20. thin skin a sensitive nature

vb, skins, skinning or skinned

21. (tr) to remove the outer covering from (fruit, etc)

22. (Pathology) (tr) to scrape a small piece of skin from (a part of oneself) in falling, etc: he skinned his knee.

23. (often foll by over) to cover (something) with skin or a skinlike substance or (of something) to become covered in this way

24. (tr) slang to strip of money; swindle

adj

25. relating to or for the skin: skin cream.

26. slang chiefly US involving or depicting nudity: skin magazines.

[Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn]

ˈskinless adj

ˈskinˌlike adj

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skin

(skɪn)

n., v. skinned, skin•ning,
adj. n.

1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible.

2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.

3. the tanned or treated hide of an animal; leather (usu. used in combination): calfskin.

4. any integumentary covering, casing, outer coating, or surface layer, as an investing membrane, the rind of fruit, or a film on liquid.

5. a casing, as of metal or plastic, around an object: the skin of a computer monitor.

6. a container made of animal skin, used for holding liquids, esp. wine.

7. skins, Slang. drums.

8. Slang. a dollar bill.

v.t.

9. to strip or deprive of skin; flay; peel; husk.

10. to remove or strip off (any covering, surface layer, etc.).

11. to scrape or rub a small piece of skin from (a part of the body), as in falling.

12. to urge on, drive, or whip (a draft animal, as a mule or ox).

13. to climb or jump: to skin a wall with one leap.

14. to cover with or as if with skin.

15. to strip of money or belongings; fleece, as in gambling.

adj.

16.

a. showing or featuring nude persons, often in a sexually explicit way: a skin magazine.

b. presenting films, shows, etc., that feature nude persons, esp. in a sexually explicit way: a notorious skin house.

Idioms:

1. by the skin of one's teeth, by an extremely narrow margin; just barely.

2. get under one's skin,

a. to irritate; bother.

b. to affect deeply; impress.

3. have a thick (or thin) skin, to be remarkably insensitive (or sensitive), esp. to criticism.

[1150–1200; Middle English (n.) < Old Norse skinn, akin to Middle Low German schinden to flay, peel, Old High German scindan]

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skin

(skĭn)

The outer covering of a vertebrate animal, consisting of two layers of cells, a thick inner layer (called the dermis) and a thin outer layer (called the epidermis). Structures such as hair, scales, or feathers are contained in the skin, as are fat cells, sweat glands, and sense organs (called skin receptors). Skin provides a protective barrier against disease-causing microorganisms and against the sun's ultraviolet rays. In warm-blooded animals, it helps maintain stable body temperatures by providing insulation or by increasing blood flow to the surface, which rids the body of excess heat.

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skin

- The term for the thin, tight covering on carrots, potatoes, grapes, and peaches—but also the thicker covering of bananas and avocados.

See also related terms for thicker.

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Skin

See also anatomy; body, human; complexion.

achromasia

absence of pigmentation in the skin.

albinism

Medicine. a congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes, ranging in scope from partial to total. Also albinoism. Cf. melanism. — albino, n. — albinotic, adj.

dermabrasion

the surgical process of removing the outer layer of the skin, as for cosmetic purposes in the removal of acne scars, etc.

dermatalgia

neuralgia of the skin.

dermatoglyphics

1. the patterns of ridges of skin on the fingers and palm and the bottoms of the feet.
2. the study dealing with these patterns. — dermatoglyphic, adj.

dermatographism

Medicine. a condition in which lightly touching or scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks. Also dermatographia, dermographia, dermographism. — dermatographic, adj.

dermatography

Anatomy. a description of the skin. — dermatographic, adj.

dermatology

the branch of medicine that studies the skin and its diseases. — dermatologist, n. — dermatological, adj.

dermatophobia

an abnormal fear of skin disease. Also dermatosiophobia, dermatopathophobia.

dermatoplasty

any form of plastic surgery of the skin, as skin grafts.

dermographism, dermographia

dermatographism.

horripilation

the raising of the hairs on the skin as a response to cold or fear; goose bumps or goose pimples.

melanism

a darkening of the skin caused by an unusually high amount of pigmentation.

pachydermia

abnormal thickening of the skin. Cf. pachymenia. — pachydermic, adj.

pachymenia

thickening of the skin or of a membrane. Cf. pachydermia. — pachymenic, adj.

phaneromania

a mania for picking at growths.

phototherapy, phototherapeutics

the treatment of disease, especially diseases of the skin, with light rays. — phototherapeutic, adj.

rugosity

the state or quality of being wrinkled, as the skin. — rugose, adj.

xanthochroid

a person with light-colored hair and fair complexion. — xantho-chroid, xanthochroous, adj.

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Skin

 

See Also: BALDNESS, COMPLEXION, FACIAL COLOR, FACIAL DETAILS, PALLOR, WRINKLES

1. The blue of her veins … on her breasts, under the clear white skin, like some gorgeous secret —Joe Coomer
2. Each summer his skin becomes like brown velvet —John Rechy
3. Flesh … as chill as that of a mermaid —Angela Carter
4. The flesh drooping like wattles beneath the jawbone —Nina Bawden
5. (Miss Quigg’s) flesh looks as if it’s been steeping in brine for years —Sharon Sheehe Stark
6. Flesh … luminous as though coated with milk —Cynthia Ozick
7. Flesh … soft and boneless as apple pulp —Margaret Millar
8. Flesh was as firm and clean as wood —Kay Boyle
9. Flesh, white as the moon —Charles Johnson
10. Freckles all over … like a speckled egg —Phyllis Naylor
11. Grained like wood (where the sweat had trickled) —Willa Cather
12. Hairless as a statue —Harvey Swados
13. Hands and forehead were deeply spotted like a seagull’s egg —Frank Tuohy
14. Her skin cracked like skim milk —Arthur Miller
15. Her skin felt like plaster of Paris —Nancy Huddleston Packer
16. Her skin had a startlingly fine texture, like flour when you dip your hand into it —John Updike
17. Her skin had the bad, stretched look of the white cotton hand towels they give you in poor hotels —Maeve Brennan
18. Her skin was as pink as sugar icing —Georges Simenon

    The simile underscores Simenon’s characterization of a woman like a ‘bonbon.’

    See Also: PINK

19. Her skin was the color of smoked honey —R. V. Cassill
20. Her toadstool skin drapes her bones like cloth worn thin —William Hoffman

    The simile is taken from a scene in a short story describing a dying woman.

21. His skin hung on his bones like an old suit much too large for him —W. Somerset Maugham
22. His skin is pale and looks unwholesomely tender, like the skin under a scab —Margaret Atwood
23. His skin was tea-colored, like a farm boy’s —Ella Leffland
24. My skin hangs about me like an old lady’s loose gown —William Shakespeare
25. Pimpled like a brand-new basketball —M. Garrett Bauman

    The skin described in Bauman’s short story Out from Narragansett belongs to a blowfish.

26. She had pale skin with the kind of texture that looked as if a pinch would crumble it —Jonathan Kellerman
27. Skin brown as a saddle —Linda West Eckhardt

    See Also: BROWN

28. (The waitress … has) skin dark as garden earth —Leslie Garis, New York Times Magazine, February 8, 1987

    See Also: DARKNESS

29. Skin … (slack, sallow and) draped like upholstery fabric over her short, boardlike bones —Louise Erdrich
30. Skin felt like a series of damp veils, like the wet paper you fold over the wires when you are making papier-mâche —Elizabeth Tallent
31. Skin felt like rawhide which hasn’t been soaked —Niven Busch
32. Skin … flushed as if by a fresh breeze —Franz Werfel
33. Skin freckled like a mango leaf —Derek Walcott
34. Skin, freckled like a lawn full of clover —Rosellen Brown
35. Skin glowed like a golden peach —Lillian de la Torre
36. Skin … gray and rough like dirty milk —Heinrich Böll
37. Skin … hard and leathery … as though you could strike a kitchen match on it —Pat Conroy
38. Skin, hairless and white as bird droppings —Harvey Swados
39. Skin [when you’re old and thin] hangs like trousers on a circus elephant —Penelope Gilliatt
40. The skin … hung from her bones like a quilt on the line —Suzanne Brown
41. Skin like a baby’s behind —François Camoin
42. (One of those lovely, ageless women, with) skin like an Oil of Olay ad —Tony Ardizzone
43. Skin like an overwashed towel —Jean Thompson
44. Skin like dark flames —Margaret Atwood
45. Skin like flan —Scott Spencer
46. Skin like ice cream, like toasted-almond ice cream —T. Coraghessan Boyle
47. Skin like polished stone —Richard Wilbur
48. (He was pale, his) skin like sausage casing —Paul Theroux
49. Skin like shells and peaches —M. J. Farrell
50. Skin … like silk —Arabian Nights
51. Skin like the skin of fruit protected by shade —Paul Horgan
52. Skin like the underpetals of newly-opened June rosebuds —Cornell Woolrich
53. Skin like wax paper —Frank Tuohy
54. Skin like wood —Elizabeth Harris
55. The skin merely hung at her neck like a patient animal waiting for the rest of her to join in the decline —Max Apple
56. The skin of her neck was like a piece of chamois leather that had been wrung out and left to dry in brownish, uncomfortable, awkward folds —H. E. Bates
57. Skin pale as a snowdrop —Jaroslav Seifert

    This is both the first line and title of a poem.

58. Skin … pale as glossy paper —Geoffrey Wolff
59. Skin [around neck] … sagging like a turkey’s —John Braine
60. Skin seemed as sheer as rubber, pulled over her hands like surgical gloves —Sue Grafton
61. Skin shines in dull gray translucence, like wax —Ira Wood
62. Skin shines like polished mahogany —R. Wright Campbell
63. Skin smelled like fresh cotton —John Updike
64. Skin … smooth, as if dampened and then stretched on his skull —Wright Morris
65. Skin smooth as Pratesi sheets … eyes that shimmer like Baccarat at the bottom of a Bel Air hot tub … earrings sparkling like all the chandeliers at Lincoln Center, in Malcolm Forbes yacht and maybe even in all of Donald Trump’s Tower —Stephanie Mansfield, Washington Post, June 21, 1986

    Mansfield’s string of similes sets the mood for a profile of Judith Krantz, renowned for her best sellers about glamorous people.

66. Skin … soft and flabby as used elastic —Jean Rhys
67. Skin so unwholesomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white —Charles Dickens
68. Skin … stretched over his bones like a piece of old shining oilcloth —Dominique Lapierre
69. Skin stretched tight like a rubber ball —Margaret Atwood
70. Skin supple and moist like fine leather that had been expertly treated —Elizabeth Spencer
71. Skin, the color of creamed tea —W. P. Kinsella
72. Skin the color of ripe grapefruit —T. Coraghessan Boyle
73. Skin … the texture like the pit of a peach —Stanley Elkin
74. Skin tight and rugged as a mountain climber’s —Ward Just
75. The skin under the eyes was gray, as though she had stayed up every night since puberty —Ella Leffland
76. Skin [a baby’s] was delicious to touch, fine-grained and blemishless, like silk without the worminess —John Updike
77. Skin was pale and drawn, her bones lay like shadows under it —William H. Gass
78. Skin was reddish brown like that of an overbaked apple —Jerzy Kosinski
79. Skin [of bald scalp] was sunburned, and ridged like dried leather —Cornell Woolrich
80. Skin … weathering toward sunset like cracked glaze on porcelain —Dick Francis
81. The startling whiteness of her skin, lush and vulnerable, was like the petal of a gardenia —Kaatje Hurlbut
82. The texture of her skin was round and hard like the rind of winter fruit —Ellen Glasgow
83. The texture of his skin, like coffee grounds —Charles Johnson
84. White skin that looks like thin paper —John Cheever

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skin

Past participle: skinned
Gerund: skinning

Imperative

skin

skin

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

skin

1. The body’s waterproof covering; its largest organ, with two main layers: the epidermis and dermis. See dermis, epidermis, subcutaneous tissue.

2. To remove the skin from food.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skin - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" cutis, tegument investment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism thick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) body covering - any covering for the body or a body part pressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu" buff - bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff" dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck epidermis, cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates skin cell - any of the cells making up the skin corium, derma, dermis - the deep vascular inner layer of 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 blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin 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 sudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration integumentary system - the skin and its appendages 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 foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris scalp - the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy" cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail agnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected crinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
	2.	skin - an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" aircraft - a vehicle that can fly 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"
	3.	skin - body covering of a living animal hide, pelt body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
	4.	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"
	5.	skin - the rind of a fruit or vegetable   peel rind - 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" lemon peel, lemon rind - the rind of a lemon orange peel, orange rind - the rind of an orange
	6.	skin - a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" water skin, waterskin - a container of skin for holding water 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 scrambling shin, shinny, clamber, scramble, sputter, struggle climb - 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" scrape injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
	3.	skin - remove the bark of a tree     bark strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"
	4.	skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples" peel, pare peel off - peel off the outer layer of something strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood" flay - strip the skin off

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skin

noun

1. complexion, colouring, skin tone, cuticle, epidermis, dermis His skin is clear and smooth.

2. hide, fleece, pelt, fell, integument, tegument That was real crocodile skin.

3. peel, rind, husk, casing, outside, crust banana skins

4. film, coating, coat, membrane Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.

verb

1. peel, pare, hull two tomatoes, skinned, peeled and chopped

2. scrape, graze, bark, flay, excoriate, abrade He fell down and skinned his knee.

by the skin of your teeth narrowly, only just, by a whisker (informal), by a narrow margin, by a hair's-breadth He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.

get under your skin (Informal) annoy, irritate, aggravate (informal), needle (informal), nettle, irk, grate on, get on your nerves (informal), piss you off (taboo slang), get in your hair (informal), rub you up the wrong way Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you.

Related words
technical name cutis
adjective cutaneous, dermatoid
fear dermatophobia

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skin

noun

1. The tissue forming the external covering of the body:

epidermis, integument.

2. A thin outer covering of an object:

lamina, membrane, sheath, sheathing.

3. The outer covering of a fruit:

peel, rind.

verb

1. To remove the skin of:

decorticate, pare, peel, scale, strip.

2. To furnish with a covering of a different material:

clad, cover, face, sheathe, side.

3. Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:

fleece, overcharge.

Slang: clip, gouge, nick, rip off, scalp, soak.

Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .

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Translations

جِلْدطَبَقَه رَقيقَهقِشْرَةقِشْرَهيَسْلَخ

kůžeslupkastáhnout kůžipovlakškraloup

hudskrælskindflå

HautSchaleabbalgenBalgenthäuten

δέρμαδοράεπιδερμίδαπέτσαφλοιός

haŭto

pielcáscaradesollardespellejarpelícula

ihokuorikuorianaarmuttaanahka

peauécorcherépidermedépouillerécorce

koža

bõrbőrmegnyúznyúz

fláhörundhúðhÿîiskán

pellebucciaepidermideepidèrmideper il rotto della cuffia

皮皮膚膜

껍질피부膜

aptemptasnardymas su plaukmenimisnudirti odąodapornografinis filmas

ādamizanodīrāt/novilkt āduplēve

huidvelvillenonthuidenpels

flåhudskallsnerk

skóraskórkaskin

pelecasca

piele

кожакожеедкожицакожныйкожура

kožapokožkastiahnuť kožu

kožalupina

kožaкожа

hudskal

เปลือกผักหรือผลไม้ผิวหนัง

derikabukkaymakderisini/kabuğunu soymakcilt

шкiра

davỏ

皮肤薄层剥皮壳外皮

skin

[skɪn]

A. N

1. [of person] → piel f; [of face] → cutis m; (= complexion) → tez f
to wear wool next to one's skin → llevar prenda de lana sobre la piel
to be skin and bone → estar en los huesos
he's nothing but skin and bone → está en los huesos
to jump out of one's skin → llevarse un tremendo susto
it's no skin off my nose → a mí ni me va ni me viene, me da igual or lo mismo
to save one's skin → salvar el pellejo
by the skin of one's teeth → por los pelos
to have a thick/thin skin → ser poco sensible/muy susceptible
to get under sb's skin (= annoy) → irritar or molestar a algn
I've got you under my skin → no puedo dejar de pensar en ti

2. [of animal] → piel f, pellejo m; (as hide) → piel f, cuero m

3. [of fruit, vegetable] → piel f, cáscara f; (discarded) → mondaduras fpl

4. (= crust) (on paint, milk pudding) → nata f

5. (for wine) → odre m

6. (Aer, Naut) → revestimiento m

7. = skinhead

8. (Drugs) (= cigarette paper) → papelillo m, papel m de fumar

B. VT

1. [+ animal] → despellejar, desollar
I'll skin him alive! (fig) → ¡lo voy a matar!, ¡lo voy a desollar vivo!
to keep one's eyes skinned for sth → andar ojo alerta por algo
there's more than one way to skin a cat → cada uno tiene su manera de hacer las cosas, cada maestrillo tiene su librillo

2. [+ fruit] → pelar, quitar la piel a; [+ tree] → descortezar

3. (= graze) to skin one's knee/elbow → desollarse la rodilla/el codo

4. (= steal from) → despellejar, esquilmar

C. CPD skin cancer N → cáncer m de piel
skin colour N (= colour of one's skin) → color m de la piel; (= shade) → color m natural
skin disease N → enfermedad f de la piel
skin diver N → buceador(a) m/f, buzo mf, submarinista mf
skin diving N → buceo m, submarinismo m
skin flick N → película f porno
skin freshener N → tónico m para la piel
skin game N (US) → estafa f
skin graft(ing) N → injerto m de piel
skin trade N → publicación f de revistas porno
skin wound N → herida f superficial

skin up VI + ADV → liar (un porro)

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skin

[ˈskɪn]

n

[person] → peau f
The poison may be absorbed through the skin → Ce poison peut être absorbé par la peau.
She's got beautiful, clear skin → Elle a une belle peau claire.
soaked to the skin → trempé(e) jusqu'aux os
to jump out of one's skin → sursauter
to save one's own skin → sauver sa peau
to do sth by the skin of one's teeth → faire qch de justesse
to have a thick skin (fig) → être blindé(e)

(= pelt) [animal] → peau f

[fruit, vegetable] → peau f

(on liquid) → peau f

vt [+ animal] → écorcher; [+ fish] → peler
The fish should be skinned and filleted → Le poisson doit être pelé et en filets.

modif [cell] → de la peau; [+ condition, tone, type] → de peau; [+ cream, lotion] → pour la peauskin cancer n → cancer m de la peau

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skin

n

→ Haut f; to be soaked to the skin → bis auf die Haut nass sein; he’s nothing but skin and bone(s) nowadays → er ist nur noch Haut und Knochen; that’s no skin off his nose (esp Brit inf) → das braucht ihn nicht zu stören; that’s no skin off my nose (esp Brit inf) → das juckt mich nicht (inf); to get inside the skin of a part (Theat) → in einer Rolle aufgehen; all men/women are brothers/sisters under the skin → im Grunde sind alle Menschen gleich; to save one’s own skin → die eigene Haut retten; to jump out of one’s skin (inf) → erschreckt hochfahren; to get under somebody’s skin (inf: = irritate) → jdm auf die Nerven gehen (inf); (= fascinate, music, voice) → jdm unter die Haut gehen; (person) → jdn faszinieren; (= understand) → jdn verstehen; I’ve got you under my skin → du hast mirs angetan; to have a thick/thin skin (fig) → ein dickes Fell (inf) → /eine dünne Haut haben; by the skin of one’s teeth (inf) → mit knapper Not, mit Ach und Krach (inf)

(= hide) → Haut f; (= fur) → Fell nt

(= oilskins) → Ölhaut f, → Ölzeug nt

(for wine etc) → Schlauch m

(of fruit etc) → Schale f; (of grape, tomato) → Haut f, → Schale f

(on sausage etc) → Haut f, → Darm m

(on milk etc) → Haut f

(for duplicating) → Matrize f

(= skinhead) → Skin m

(Drugs inf: = cigarette paper) → Zigarettenpapier nt (zum Rauchen von Drogen)

vt

animal → häuten; fruit → schälen; grapes, tomatoes → enthäuten; there’s more than one way to skin a cat (inf) → es gibt nicht nur einen Weg; to skin somebody alive (inf) → jdm den Kopf abreißen (hum inf) ? eye

(= graze) knee → abschürfen

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skin

:

skin care

n → Hautpflege f

skin-deep

adj ? beauty

skin disease

n → Hautkrankheit f

skin-diver

n → Sporttaucher(in) m(f)

skin diving

n → Sporttauchen nt

skin flick

n (US inf) → Porno(film) m

skinflint

n (inf) → Geizkragen m (inf)

skin food

n → Nahrung f → für die Haut

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skin

:

skin game

n (US inf) → Schwindel m

skin graft

n → Hauttransplantation or -verpflanzung f

skinhead

n → Skin(head) m

adj attr → Skin(head)-; skin gang → Skin(head)bande f

skinless

adj sausage → ohne Haut or Darm; chicken breast → ohne Haut

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skin

:

skin test

n → Hauttest m

skintight

adj → hauteng

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

skin

[skɪn]

1. n

a. (gen) → pelle f; (of fruit, vegetable) → buccia; (of boat, aircraft) → rivestimento; (for duplicating) → matrice f per duplicatori; (crust, on paint, milk pudding, thin) → pellicola; (thick) → crosta
next to the skin → a contatto con la pelle
to have a thick/thin skin (fig) → non essere/essere suscettibile
by the skin of one's teeth (fig) → per un pelo
wet or soaked to the skin → bagnato/a fino al midollo
to be (all) skin and bone (fig) → essere pelle e ossa
to get under sb's skin (fig) → dare sui nervi a qn
I've got you under my skin (fig) → ti ho nella pelle
it's no skin off my nose (fig) (fam) (does not concern me) → non sono affari miei (does not hurt me) → non mi costa niente

b. (fam) = skinhead

2. vt (animal) → spellare, scuoiare, scorticare; (fruit) → sbucciare, pelare
to skin one's knee/elbow → sbucciarsi or scorticarsi un ginocchio/gomito
I'll skin him alive! (fig) → lo scortico vivo!
keep your eyes skinned for a garage → tieni gli occhi aperti per un distributore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

skin

(skin) noun

1. the natural outer covering of an animal or person. She couldn't stand the feel of wool against her skin; A snake can shed its skin. vel جِلْد кожа pele kůže die Haut hud δέρμαpiel nahk پوست iho peauעור त्वचा koža bőr kulit skinn, húð, hörund pelle 皮膚 피부 oda āda kulit huidskinn, hudskóra پوستكى، پوست، پوټكى: څرمن: pele piele, epidermă кожа; шкура koža koža koža hud, skinn ผิวหนัง deri 皮膚 шкіра; шкура کھال، جلد، چمڑی da, bì 皮肤

2. a thin outer layer, as on a fruit. a banana-skin; onion-skins. skil قِشْرَه кора casca slupka die Schale skræl; -skræl φλούδαpiel, cáscara koor لايه kuori peauקליפה परत ljuska, ljupina héj kulit hÿði pelle, buccia, scorza 皮 껍질 odelė miza kulit schilskinn, skall, skrellskórka څرمن casca pieliţă, coajă кожура, кожица šupka lupina kora skal เปลือก kabuk 外皮，外層 лушпиння; шкірка کسی چیز کی اوپری جلد vỏ （植物、果子等）外皮，壳

3. a (thin) film or layer that forms on a liquid. Boiled milk often has a skin on it. skil طَبَقَه رَقيقَه коричка película povlak, škraloup die Haut skind πέτσαpelícula kile, nahk رويه kalvo peauקרום झिल्ली या पपड़ी površina, kožica „bőr” (tejen) selaput skán pellicola 膜 (액체 표면의) 얇은 막 plėvelė plēve selaput velsnerk, hinnekożuch پوټكى película caimac пленка, пенка kož(k)a koža kajmak hinna, skinn ฝ้าที่อยู่ลอยบนผิวของเหลว kabuk, kaymak 液體冷卻後表面形成的薄層 оболонка; плівка کسی سیال کی سطح پر پتلی تہ lớp vỏ, lớp phủ （尤指液体冷却时形成的）薄层，皮

verb – past tense, past participle skinned –

to remove the skin from. He skinned and cooked the rabbit. afslag يَسْلَخ дера esfolar stáhnout kůži enthäuten flå γδέρνωdespellejar, desollar nülgima پوست كندن nylkeä écorcher, éplucher לִפשוֹט עוֹר चमड़ा उतारना, छिलका हटाना oderati (kožu), oguliti (meg)nyúz menguliti flá scuoiare, spellare 皮をはぐ 껍질을 벗기다 nudirti odą nodīrāt/novilkt ādu menguliti villenflå; skrelle obdzierać/obierać ze skóry پوستول، پوستكى ايستل esfolar a jupui снимать кожу, шкуру stiahnuť kožu odreti oguliti flå ถลกหนัง derisini/kabuğunu soymak 剝皮 здирати шкіру, шкірку کھال اتارنا lột da, bóc vỏ 剥皮

ˈskin-diving noun

diving and swimming under water with simple equipment (a mask, flippers etc). vryduik سِباحَةٌ تَحت الماء باسْتِعمال جِهاز تَنَفُّس плаване под вода pesca submarina potápění das Sporttauchen dykning υποβρύχια κολύμβηση buceo, submarinismo sportsukeldumine غواصي urheilusukellus plongée sous-marineצלילה किसी तैराक वस्त्र के बिना पानी के अन्दर तैरना ronjenje bez ronilačke opreme könnyűbúvársport menyelam sundköfun pesca subacquea, nuoto subacqueo スキンダイビング 스킨다이빙 nardymas su plaukmenimis niršana ar akvalangu menyelam snorkelendykkingnurkowanie غواصی pesca submarina scufundare submarină подводное плавание potápanie športno potapljanje ronjenje bez opreme sportdykning การดำน้ำโดยไม่สวมชุดดำน้ำ âletsiz dalma 穿戴簡單裝備潛水 підводне плавання з аквалангом بنیادی ساز و سامان کے ساتھ پانی میں غوطہ خوری کرنا môn lặn trần 轻装潜水，潜游

ˈskin flick noun

a pornographic film. velfliek, pornofilm فلم إباحي порнографски филм filme pornô pornografický film der Pornostreifen pornografisk film πορνοταινία película porno pornofilm فيلم سكسي pornofilmi film pornographique סֶרֶט פּוֹרנוֹגרָאפִי अश्लील फिल्म pornić (film) pornófilm film porno film porno ポルノ映画 포르노 영화 pornografinis filmas pornogrāfiska filma filem porno pornofilmpornofilm film porno فلم سکسی порнографический фильм; порнушка erotický, alebo pornografický film pornografski film pornografski film porrfilm, p-rulle หนังลามก açık-saçık film 色情片 порнографічний фільм عریاں، فحش فلم phim con heo 裸体色情影片

ˈskin-ˈtight adjective

fitting as tightly as one's skin. skin-tight jeans; Her new sweater is skin-tight. nousluitend لُصوق، مُلْتَصِق بالجِسْم много тесен colante těsný hauteng kropsnær; stramtsiddende κολλητόςestrecho, muy ajustado liibuv, nahka mööda لباس تنگ ihonmyötäinen collantצמוד बेहद चुस्त jako uzak, pripijen testhez álló sangat ketat níðþröngur attillato ぴったり合った 몸에 꼭 맞는 aptemptas, prigludęs cieši pieguļošs; apspīlēts sangat ketat nauwsluitendettersittendeobcisły تنګه کالی colante colant облегающий, в обтяжку tesný, obtiahnutý tesno se prilegajoč pripijen tätt åtsittande, snäv, supertajt (เสื้อผ้า) ซึ่งใส่รัดตัว çok dar, vücuda yapışık 緊身的 такий, що сидить в обтяжку بہت چست یا تنگ لباس bó sát vào người 紧身的

by the skin of one's teeth

very narrowly; only just. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. nouliks, net-net بِصُعوبَةٍ شَديدَه едва-едва por um detalhe o vlásek mit knapper Not på et hængende hår παρά τρίχα por los pelos üle noatera در دم آخر niukin naukin de justesse בְּעוֹר וַשֵׁן बाल बाल बचना jedva jedvice, za dlaku izmaći csak egy hajszálon múlt nyaris með naumindum (per un pelo/soffio/capello) かろうじて 가까스로, 구사일생으로 per plauką par mata tiesu; tik tikko sangat terhad op het nippertje med nød og neppe o mały włos په پای کی por uma unha negra ca prin urechile acului едва, еле-еле o vlások za las za dlaku med nöd och näppe เพียงแค่ kılpayı, darı darına 好不容易，僥倖 ледве بہت ہی کم فرق سے chỉ vừa mới 好不容易才...，勉强

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skin

→ جِلْد, قِشْرَة kůže, slupka hud, skræl Haut, Schale επιδερμίδα, φλούδα piel iho, kuori peau koža buccia, pelle 皮, 皮膚 껍질, 피부 huid, schil hud, skall skóra, skórka casca, pele кожа, кожица hud, skal เปลือกผักหรือผลไม้, ผิวหนัง cilt, kabuk da, vỏ 果皮, 皮肤

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

skin

n. piel, epidermis, cutis; pop. pellejo;

sagging facial ___ → cutis colgante;

___ cancer → cáncer de la ___;

___ chafing → fricción de la ___;

___ diseases → enfermedades de la ___, dermatosis;

___ graft → injerto de la ___;

___ rash → erupción cutánea, urticaria;

___ rejuvenation → rejuvenecimiento de la ___;

___ tests → pruebas cutáneas;

___ulcer → úlcera cutánea.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

skin

adj dérmico; n piel f; (of the face) cutis m, tez f; (of fruit) piel; vt (pret & pp skinned; ger skinning) (to scrape) raspar; How did you skin your knee? ..¿Cómo se raspó la rodilla?

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