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skein
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) skean, skain
Etymology
From Middle English skayne, from Old French escaigne (Modern French écagne), probably of Proto-Celtic origin, from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to split off”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk?n, IPA(key): /ske?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
skein (plural skeins)
- A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
- 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part I:
- You hold the skein: wind, Thomas, wind
- The thread of eternal life and death.
- 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part I:
- (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
- 1923, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
- The practical application of what I have said is very close to the problem which I am investigating. It is a tangled skein, you understand, and I am looking for a loose end.
- 1923, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
- (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
- (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (zoology, Britain, dialect) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
- (sports) A winning streak.
- (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
- 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 9)
- All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]
- 1963, Radio Television Daily (volume 93, page 5)
- Three comedy shows from the U. S. are in the CTV lineup: CBSTV's Phil Silvers and Danny Thomas skeins and NBC-TV's "Harry's Girls."
- 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 9)
Translations
Verb
skein (third-person singular simple present skeins, present participle skeining, simple past and past participle skeined)
- To wind or weave into a skein.
See also
- gaggle
- wedge
Anagrams
- Kines, Knies, Neski, Nikes, Sinke, e-skin, inkes, kines
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skai?n/
Noun
skein f (genitive singular skeinar, plural skeinir)
- (kvæði) scratch, small wound
Declension
Related terms
- (common): skeina
Verb
skein
- shone, singular past of skína (to shine)
Icelandic
Verb
skein
- first-person singular past active indicative of skína
- third-person singular past active indicative of skína
- second-person singular active imperative of skeina
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- skinte
Verb
skein
- simple past of skinne
Anagrams
- kisen, kneis, knise, ksien, nikse, siken, sinke, Skien, skien, sneik, snike
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
skein
- past of skina
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skin
English
Etymology
From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþ? (compare Dutch schinde (“bark”), dialectal German Schinde (“fruit peel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”), Latin scindere (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit ??????? (chinátti, “he splits”)), nasal variant of *skeh?i-d- (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English h?d (“skin, hide”), see hide. More at shed.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk?n, IPA(key): /sk?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
skin (countable and uncountable, plural skins)
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (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.
- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual?s physical skin.
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- 1843, Richard Henry Horne, Orion
- the Bacchic train,
Who brought their skins of wine, and loaded poles
That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes
- the Bacchic train,
- 1843, Richard Henry Horne, Orion
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- (slang, Ireland, Britain) person, chap
- He was a decent old skin.
Synonyms
- (outer covering of living tissue): dermis, integument, tegument
- (outer protective layer of a plant or animal): peel (of fruit or vegetable), pericarp
- (skin of an animal used by humans): hide, pelt
- (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid): film
- (subgroup of Australian Aboriginals): moiety, section, subsection
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- cutaneous
- cutis
- dermis
- epidermis
References
- skin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (colloquial) To high five.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
- (Britain, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
- A wound eventually skins over.
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- (US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
- (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
Synonyms
- (injure the skin of): bark, chafe, excoriate, graze, scrape
- (remove the skin of): flay, fleece, flense, scalp
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- -kins, Sink, inks, k'ins, kins, sink
Abinomn
Noun
skin
- star
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Norwegian ski +? -an (infinitive suffix).
Verb
skin
- (Luserna) to ski
Noun
skin n
- (Luserna) skiing
References
- “skin” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Danish
Noun
skin n (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)
- light, glare
- semblance
Verb
skin
- imperative of skinne
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)
- (computing) Skin
- Short for skinhead.
Anagrams
- niks, snik
Icelandic
Etymology
From skína (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sc??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
- Homophone: skyn
Noun
skin n (genitive singular skins, nominative plural skin)
- shine, shimmer, brightness
Declension
Derived terms
- sólskin
Anagrams
- sink
Middle English
Noun
skin
- Alternative form of skyn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
skin
- inflection of skina:
- present
- imperative
Old Saxon
Etymology
From sk?nan.
Noun
sk?n n
- shine
Portuguese
Noun
skin f (plural skins)
- (computing) skin (image used as the background of a graphical user interface)
- (countable, video games) skin (alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game)
Swedish
Verb
skin
- imperative of skina.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
English skin
Noun
skin
- (anatomy) skin
Derived terms
- skin pas (envelope)
Volapük
Noun
skin (nominative plural skins)
- skin
Declension
Derived terms
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