skin (sk n)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 usually thin, closely adhering outer layer: the skin of a peach; a sausage skin; the skin of an aircraft. 4. A container for liquids that is made of animal skin. 5. Music A drumhead. 6. 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 or as if with skin: skin the framework of a canoe. 5. Slang To fleece; swindle. v.intr.1. To become covered with or as if with skin: 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) skin1. To irritate or stimulate; provoke. 2. To preoccupy someone; become an obsession. under the skin Beneath the surface; fundamentally: enemies who are really brothers under the skin.
[Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
skin less adj. | skin cutaway 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 Noun
1. the tissue forming the outer covering of the body
2. a person's complexion: sallow skin
3. any outer layer or covering: potato skin
4. a thin solid layer on the surface of a liquid: custard with a thick skin on it
5. the outer covering of a furry animal, removed and prepared for use
6. a container for liquids, made from animal skin
7. by the skin of one's teeth by a narrow margin
8. get under one's skin Informal to annoy one
9. no skin off one's nose Informal not a matter that concerns one
10. save one's skin to save one from death or harm
11. skin and bone extremely thin
12. thick or thin skin an insensitive or sensitive nature
Verb
[skinning, skinned]
1. to remove the outer covering from (fruit, vegetables, dead animals, etc)
2. to injure (a part of the body) by scraping some of the skin off: I had skinned my knuckles
3. Slang to swindle [Old English scinn]
skinless adj
skin (skn) The outer covering of a vertebrate animal, consisting of two layers of cells, a thick inner layer (the dermis) and a thin outer layer (the epidermis). Structures such as hair, scales, or feathers are contained in the skin, as are fat cells, sweat glands, and sensory receptors. Skin provides a protective barrier against disease-causing microorganisms and against the sun's ultraviolet rays. In warm-blooded animals, it aids in temperature regulation, as by insulating against the cold. |
Skinabsence of pigmentation in the skin.
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.
the surgical process of removing the outer layer of the skin, as for cosmetic purposes in the removal of acne scars, etc.
neuralgia of the skin.
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.
Medicine. a condition in which lightly touching or scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks. Also dermatographia, dermographia, dermographism. — dermatographic, adj.
Anatomy. a description of the skin. — dermatographic, adj.
the branch of medicine that studies the skin and its diseases. — dermatologist, n. — dermatological, adj.
an abnormal fear of skin disease. Also dermatosiophobia, dermatopathophobia.
any form of plastic surgery of the skin, as skin grafts.
dermatographism.
the raising of the hairs on the skin as a response to cold or fear; goose bumps or goose pimples.
a darkening of the skin caused by an unusually high amount of pigmentation.
abnormal thickening of the skin. Cf. pachymenia. — pachydermic, adj.
thickening of the skin or of a membrane. Cf. pachydermia. — pachymenic, adj.
a mania for picking at growths.
the treatment of disease, especially diseases of the skin, with light rays. — phototherapeutic, adj.
the state or quality of being wrinkled, as the skin. — rugose, adj.
a person with light-colored hair and fair complexion. — xantho-chroid, xanthochroous, adj.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  skin - a natural protective body covering and 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) pressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu" 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; 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 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" 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 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"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 |
| 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 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" |
| 6. | skin - a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide 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 |
skin verb 6.
scrape,
graze,
bark,
flay,
excoriate,
abrade by the skin of one's teeth narrowly, only just, by a whisker (
informal) by a narrow margin, by a hair's-breadth
get under your skin (
Informal)
annoy,
irritate,
aggravate (
informal)
needle (
informal)
nettle,
irk, grate on, get on your nerves (
informal) get in your hair (
informal) rub you up the wrong way, hack you off (
informal)
Translations
skin [skɪn] n (
gen) →
piel f (=
complexion);
cutis m [
of fruit, vegetable] →
piel f;
cáscara (=
crust) (
on pudding, paint) →
nata
skin [skɪn] n →
peau f
skin [skɪn] n →
Haut f;
skin [skɪn] n →
pelle f [
of fruit, vegetable] →
buccia;
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