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skin

12 definitions • 19 examples
1
the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, fruit, etc.:

Examples:

skin cancer
Babies have soft skins.
a banana/potato skin
2
the skin of an animal that has been removed from the body, with or without the hair or fur:

Examples:

a rug made from the skin of a lion
3

Examples:

The bullet pierced the skin of the aircraft.
4
a thin surface that forms on some liquids, such as paint, when they are left in the air, or others, such as heated milk, when they are left to cool
5
the pictures, designs, colours, etc. that appear on the screen of a mobile phone or other device and can be changed by the user:

Examples:

Many electronic devices let you create your own skins.
6
the appearance of a character, object, etc. in a video game, that can be chosen and changed by the user:

Examples:

Players have several options for purchasing weapon skins for all of the standard weapons in the game.
A skin is purely aesthetic - it doesn't increase the character's abilities or impact the outcome of the game.
7
to remove the skin of something:

Examples:

The hunters skinned the deer they had killed.
I skinned my knee (= hurt my knee by rubbing skin off it) when I fell down the steps.
8
used to form adjectives that describe the kind of skin that something is made of:

Examples:

He was wearing an old sheepskin coat.
She was carrying a big, crocodile-skin handbag.
9
the natural outer layer that covers a person or animal:

Examples:

[ U ] He had dark, leathery skin.
10
the outer covering of some fruits and vegetables:

Examples:

11

Examples:

[ C ] Those airplanes have titanium skins to survive the heat.
12
to remove skin from an animal, or to rub skin off a part of the body:

Examples:

Bridget fell off her bike and skinned her knee.

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