Overview of noun skin

The noun skin has 6 senses

• skin, tegument, cutis -- (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body")


• skin -- (an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane")


• hide, pelt, skin -- (body covering of a living animal)


• skin -- (a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin")


• peel, skin -- (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)


• skin -- (a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal)

Overview of verb skin

The verb skin has 4 senses

• clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter -- (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)


• skin, scrape -- (bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell")


• bark, skin -- (remove the bark of a tree)


• skin, peel, pare -- (strip the skin off; "pare apples")