Results for skin

Definitions of skin:

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover with skin: to cover the surface of: to strip the skin from, to peel.

part of speech: verb transitive

To strip the outer membrane from; flay; peel.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Skinned.

part of speech: noun

The natural outer covering of an animal body: a hide: the bark or rind of plants, etc.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To be covered with a skin:- pr. p. skinning; pa. t. and pa. p. skinned.

part of speech: verb

To strip the hide or covering from; to flay; to cover with skin; to acquire a skin.

part of speech: noun

The membrano on the surface of the body of an animal which forms its outside covering; hide; pelt; bark; rind, or peel; as, the skin of an orange; a vessel made of an animal's hide, for holding liquids.

part of speech: present participle

Skinning.

part of speech: noun

SKINNER.

Usage examples for skin:

• And now where shall I find another skin "The Adventures of Pinocchio", C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini

• That'll let you out with a whole skin "Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero", F. Hopkinson Smith

• Mr. Wynne's face grew black under its dark skin "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker", S. Weir Mitchell

• Where did you ever see a Gorgio with a skin like that? "Aylwin", Theodore Watts-Dunton