English
Pronunciation
- IPA : /skɪn/
- SAMPA : /skIn/
Noun
skin (countable and uncountable; plural skins)
- (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.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (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.
- (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.
- (slang; uncountable) Exposed human skin, especially that which causes sexual titillation.
- Her dress was slashed to the hip, showing a lot of skin.
- (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
- Finnish: iho
- French: peau f
- German: Haut f
- Greek: δέρμα (derma)
- Italian: pelle f
- Japanese: 皮膚 (ひふ, hifu)
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- Portuguese: pele f
- Romanian: piele f
- Russian: of people: кожа f (kózha); of animals: шкура f (shkúra)
- koža f, pokožka f
- Slovene: koža f
- Spanish: piel f
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skin of an animal used by humans
- Finnish: nahka
- Japanese: 革 (かわ, kawa), 皮革 (ひかく , hikaku)
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congealed layer on the surface of a liquid
- Finnish: kalvo
- Japanese: 膜 (まく , maku)
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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)
- To injure the skin of.
- He fell off his bike on to the and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- To remove the skin and fur of (especially an animal).
- (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
Translations
injure the skin of
remove the skin of
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- Slovene: odreti , dati iz kože
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colloquial: use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of
Derived terms
See also
- Wikipedia article on skin
