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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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skain
English
Noun
skain (plural skains)
- Alternative form of skein
- 1798, John Ebers, s.v. "Knauel", The new and complete dictionary of the German and English language, page 360
- Knauel, der, A Bottom or Clew of thread or of Yarn, a Hank, a Skain of Yarn or thread
- 1816, George Gregory, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences [1]
- The aim of the rope-maker is to unite the strings of a great number of fibres... This is done by twisting or twining them together... When the fibres are so disposed in a long skain, that their ends succeed each other along its length, without many of them meeting in one place; and this skain is twisted round... the friction on a fibre which we attempt to pull out may be more than its cohesion can overcome... Consequently, if we pull at this twisted skain, we shall not separate it by drawing one parcel out from among the rest, but the whole fibres will break; and if the distribution of the fibres has been a very equable, the skain will be nearly of the same strength in every part.
- 1798, John Ebers, s.v. "Knauel", The new and complete dictionary of the German and English language, page 360
References
Anagrams
- Akins, Askin, Inkas, Naiks, ask in, askin', kains, kinas, naiks
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