| skill | |
| 1. n. Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) Knowledge; understanding. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address. | |
| 5. adj. (slang) great, excellent. | |
| 6. v. To set apart; separate. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to). | |
| 8. v. (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, North England, rare) To know; to understand. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive, archaic) To make a difference; signify; matter. | |
| 12. v. (video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills. | |
