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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)

1. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

2. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

6. (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.

7. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
8. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.

9. (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
10. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual?s physical skin.
11. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

12. 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

13. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

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14. (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.
15. A drink of whisky served hot.
16. (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)

1. (transitive) To injure the skin of.

   He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.

2. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
3. (colloquial) To high five.
4. (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?

5. (Britain, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
6. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.

   A wound eventually skins over.

7. (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
8. (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.
9. (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

1. star

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Norwegian ski +? -an (infinitive suffix).

Verb

skin

1. (Luserna) to ski

Noun

skin n

1. (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)

1. light, glare
2. semblance

Verb

skin

1. imperative of skinne

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)

1. (computing) Skin
2. 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)

1. shine, shimmer, brightness

Declension

Derived terms

• sólskin

Anagrams

• sink

Middle English

Noun

skin

1. Alternative form of skyn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skin

1. inflection of skina:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old Saxon

Etymology

From sk?nan.

Noun

sk?n n

1. shine

Portuguese

Noun

skin f (plural skins)

1. (computing) skin (image used as the background of a graphical user interface)
2. (countable, video games) skin (alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game)

Swedish

Verb

skin

1. imperative of skina.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English skin

Noun

skin

1. (anatomy) skin

Derived terms

• skin pas (envelope)

Volapük

Noun

skin (nominative plural skins)

1. skin

Declension

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• molt (American)

Etymology

From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin m?t?, m?t?re. Doublet of mute.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?lt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?lt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt

Noun

moult (plural moults)

1. The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

2. The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

   Synonym: exuvia

Translations

Verb

moult (third-person singular simple present moults, present participle moulting, simple past and past participle moulted)

1. (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

   Synonyms: shed, slough

2. (transitive) To shed in such a manner.

Translations

See also

Further reading

• moulting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Middle French moult, from Old French molt, mout, mult, from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml?tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). After having largely disappeared from standard spoken language, where it was replaced by beaucoup, the adjective form (pronounced /mult/) is now occasionally heard again.

Pronunciation

• (traditional) IPA^(key): /mu/
• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mult/, /mul/
• Homophones: mou, mous

Adjective

moult (feminine singular moulte, masculine plural moults, feminine plural moultes)

1. (formerly archaic or regional) many; a lot of

   Synonym: beaucoup

Adverb

moult

1. (archaic or regional) much; a lot

Usage notes

Used both as invariable and variable adjective:

References

Further reading

• “moult” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mulot

Middle French

Alternative forms

• mlt (manuscript abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old French molt, mout, from Latin multus.

Adverb

moult

1. much; a lot

Descendants

• French: moult