Definition of Skin

Noun

• a bag serving as a container for liquids
  it is made from the hide of an animal
  
• the rind of a fruit or vegetable
  peel
• a person's skin regarded as their life
  "he tried to save his skin"
  
• body covering of a living animal
  hide pelt
• an outer surface (usually thin)
  "the skin of an airplane"
  
• a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
  "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
  tegument cutis

Verb

• strip the skin off
  "pare apples"
  peel pare
• remove the bark of a tree
  bark
• bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
  "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
  scrape
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  clamber scramble shin shinny struggle sputter

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