skin
1. a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (Freq. 11)
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
• Syn:
tegument, cutis
• Derivationally related forms:
cutaneal (for: cutis), skinny
• Hypernyms:
connective tissue, body covering
• Hyponyms:
investment, thick skin, skin graft, buff, dewlap,
prepuce, foreskin, scalp, cuticle, hangnail, agnail
• Part Holonyms:
integumentary system
• Substance Meronyms:
melanin
• Part Meronyms:
pressure point, epidermis, cuticle, skin cell, dermis,
corium, derma, macule, macula, freckle, lentigo,
liver spot, whitehead, milium, blackhead, comedo, pore,
scab, sweat gland, sudoriferous gland, free nerve ending, Pacinian corpuscle, wrinkle,
furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
2. an outer surface (usually thin) (Freq. 3)
- the skin of an airplane
• Hypernyms:
surface
• Part Holonyms:
aircraft
3. body covering of a living animal (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
hide, pelt
• Hypernyms:
body covering
4. a person's skin regarded as their life (Freq. 2)
- he tried to save his skin
• Hypernyms:
animation, life, living, aliveness
5. the rind of a fruit or vegetable
• Syn:
peel
• Derivationally related forms:
peel (for: peel)
• Hypernyms:
rind
• Hyponyms:
jacket, banana peel, banana skin, lemon peel, lemon rind,
orange peel, orange rind
• Part Holonyms:
edible fruit
6. a bag serving as a container for liquids;
it is made from the hide of an animal
• Hypernyms:
bag
• Hyponyms:
waterskin, water skin, wineskin
1. remove the bark of a tree
• Syn:
bark
• Derivationally related forms:
bark (for: bark)
• Hypernyms:
strip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They skin the trees
2. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• Syn:
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, struggle, sputter
• Derivationally related forms:
struggle (for: struggle), clamber (for: clamber)
• Hypernyms:
climb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. strip the skin off
- pare apples
• Syn:
peel, pare
• Derivationally related forms:
parer (for: pare), paring (for: pare), peel (for: peel), peeler (for: peel), skinner
• Hypernyms:
strip
• Hyponyms:
peel off, flay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The chefs skin the vegetables
4. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- The boy skinned his knee when he fell
• Syn:
scrape
• Derivationally related forms:
scrape (for: scrape)
• Hypernyms:
injure, wound
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Did he skin his foot?
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