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- [skin]
- /skɪn/
- /skɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skin]
- /skɪn/
Definitions of skin word
- noun skin the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible. 1
- noun skin such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, especially a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin. 1
- noun skin the tanned or treated pelt or hide of an animal, especially when used in apparel and accessories; leather (usually used in combination): pigskin; calfskin. 1
- noun skin any integumentary covering, casing, outer coating, or surface layer, as an investing membrane, the rind or peel of fruit, or a film on liquid: a skin of thin ice; the aluminum skin of an airplane. 1
- noun skin Jewelry. the outermost layer of a pearl. the outermost layer of a diamond as found: often different in color and refraction from the inner part of the stone. 1
- noun skin Nautical. the shell or ceiling of a hull. the outer, exposed part of a furled sail. 1
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Origin of skin
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English (noun) < Old Norse skinn; cognate with dialectal German Schinde skin of fruit
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Skin
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
skin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
skin usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skin
noun skin
- antelope — An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
- aril — an appendage on certain seeds, such as those of the yew and nutmeg, developed from or near the funicle of the ovule and often brightly coloured and fleshy
- bank note — a promissory note issued by a bank, payable on demand: it is a form of paper money
- bill — A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
- carapace — A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
verb skin
- avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
adj skin
- buck naked — Someone who is buck naked is not wearing any clothes at all.
- dishabille — the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
- in the altogether — wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
noun, verb skin
- hulled — retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- hulling — the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- husking — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
adjective skin
- garmentless — Without garments.
- nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
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