English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /skɪn/
• SAMPA : /skIn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

skin (countable and uncountable; plural skins)

1. (uncountable) The outer covering of living tissue over the bones , blood and internal organs of a person.

   He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.

2. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
3. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

   In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you'll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.

4. (computing; countable) An image used as the background of the graphical user interface of a computer program .

   You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.

5. (slang; uncountable) Exposed human skin, especially that which causes sexual titillation.

   Her dress was slashed to the hip, showing a lot of skin.

6. (slang; countable) Rolling paper or Rizla.

   Pass me a skin mate.

Synonyms

• (outer covering of living tissue): dermis (technical)
• (skin of an animal used by humans): hide, pelt
• (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid): film

Translations

outer covering of living tissue

skin of an animal used by humans

congealed layer on the surface of a liquid

image used as the background of graphical user interface

slang: exposed human skin, especially that which causes sexual titillation

Transitive verb

to skin (skinning, skinned, skinned)

1. To injure the skin of.

   He fell off his bike on to the and skinned his knee on the concrete.

2. To remove the skin and fur of (especially an animal).
3. (computing; colloquial) To use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of (a computer program).

   Can I skin the program to put the picture of my cat on it?

Synonyms

• (injure the skin of): bark, chafe, excoriate , graze, scrape
• (remove the skin of): flay

Translations

injure the skin of

remove the skin of

colloquial: use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of

Derived terms

• by the skin of one's teeth
• skinflint
• skin flick
• there's more than one way to skin a cat
• give some skin to
• skin up

See also

• Wikipedia article on skin