1. n. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
2. n. The skin of a human or animal.
3. n. (by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
4. n. Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
5. n. The human body as a physical entity.
6. n. (religion) The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
7. n. (religion) The evil and corrupting principle working in man.
8. n. The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.
9. n. (obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
10. n. (obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.
11. n. A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.
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12. v. To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
13. v. (obsolete) To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.
14. v. To put flesh on; to fatten.
15. v. To add details.
The writer had to go back and flesh out the climactic scene.
16. v. To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
skin
1. n. (Anatomie) Peau.
2. v. (Anatomie) Dépouiller.
To skin a rabbit.
skin
1. n. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2. n. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. n. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. n. 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.
5. n. (computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
6. n. (slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
Pass me a skin, mate.
7. n. (slang) (clipping of skinhead)
8. n. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.1994, Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, paperback (
9. n. (video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
10. n. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Let me see a bit of skin.
11. n. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
12. n. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
13. n. (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
14. v. To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
15. v. To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
16. v. (colloquial) To high five.
17. v. (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
18. v. (soccer) To use tricks to go past a defender.
19. v. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
A wound eventually skins over.
20. v. To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
21. v. (US, slang) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
22. v. (slang) To strip of money or property; to cheat.