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Skins

/skɪnz/

The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

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📖 Definitions of "Skins"

noun

1
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
"He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."
2
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4
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."

verb

1
To injure the skin of.
2
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
3
To high five.
4
To apply a skin to (a computer program).
"Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"

noun

1
Someone with a shaved head.
2
Member of the skinhead subculture arising in late 1960s England or its diaspora, often incorrectly associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Skins"

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Word	Definition
peltnoun	The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
parenoun	A Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.
peelnoun	(usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
sputternoun	Confused and hasty speech.
stubnoun	A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
abradeverb	(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
scrapenoun	The sound or action of something being scraped.
rindnoun	A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
tegumentnoun	(uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating.
shinnoun	The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
cutisnoun	(anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
clambernoun	The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.
shinnynoun	(Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
hidenoun	(countable) The skin of an animal.
barknoun	The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
scramblenoun	A dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
strugglenoun	(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
bezelsnoun	The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
carcassesnoun	The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.
casingsnoun	(UK, dialect, archaic) Dried cattle dung used as fuel.