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NOUN | 1 | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective covering of the body |
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2 | skin, rind, peel | The tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) | |
3 | skin | An outer surface (usually thin) | |
4 | skin, hide, pelt | Body covering of a living animal | |
5 | skin | A person's skin regarded as their life | |
6 | skin, peel | The rind of a fruit or vegetable | |
7 | skin | A bag serving as a container for liquids | |
VERB | 1 | skin, clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, struggle, sputter | Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |
2 | skin, scrape | Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | |
3 | skin, bark | Remove the bark of a tree | |
4 | skin, peel, pare | Strip the skin off | |
5 | skin, stub, scrape, abrade | Strike against an object |
Sounds | skih'n |
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Rhymes | Adrenalin, aflatoxin, Aiken, and 212 more rhymes in ihn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A natural protective covering of the body. Site of the sense of touch. |
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Examples | "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
Synonyms | tegument, cutis |
Part of | integumentary system |
Parts | epidermis, cuticle; skin cell; dermis, corium, derma; macule, macula; freckle, lentigo; liver spot; whitehead, milium; blackhead, comedo; pore; scab; sweat gland, sudoriferous gland; free nerve ending; Pacinian corpuscle; wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line |
Narrower | investment; thick skin; skin graft; buff; dewlap; prepuce, foreskin; prepuce, foreskin; scalp; hangnail, agnail |
Broader | body covering; connective tissue |
Substances | melanin |
Adjectives | mucocutaneous; endermic, endermatic; hypodermic, subcutaneous; intradermal, intradermic, intracutaneous; percutaneous, transcutaneous; cutaneous, cutaneal |
Verbs | skin |
Meaning | The tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit). |
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Synonyms | rind, peel |
Broader | plant tissue |
Verbs | skin |
Meaning | An outer surface (usually thin). |
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Examples | "the skin of an airplane" |
Part of | aircraft |
Broader | surface |
Meaning | Body covering of a living animal. |
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Synonyms | hide, pelt |
Broader | body covering |
Verbs | skin |
Meaning | A person's skin regarded as their life. |
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Examples | "he tried to save his skin" |
Broader | animation, life, living, aliveness |
Meaning | The rind of a fruit or vegetable. |
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Synonyms | peel |
Part of | edible fruit |
Narrower | jacket; banana peel, banana skin; lemon peel, lemon rind; orange peel, orange rind |
Broader | rind |
Verbs | skin |
Meaning | A bag serving as a container for liquids. It is made from the skin of an animal. |
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Narrower | waterskin, water skin; wineskin |
Broader | bag |
Meaning | Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, struggle, sputter |
Broader | climb |
Meaning | Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | Did he skin his foot? |
Examples | "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" |
Synonyms | scrape |
Broader | injure, wound |
Nouns | skin; skin |
Meaning | Remove the bark of a tree. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They skin the trees |
Synonyms | bark |
Broader | strip |
Nouns | skin |
Meaning | Strip the skin off. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | The chefs skin the vegetables |
Synonyms | peel, pare |
Narrower | peel off; flay |
Broader | strip |
Nouns | skin; skinner |
Meaning | Strike against an object. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | Did he skin his foot? |
Synonyms | stub, scrape, abrade |
Broader | injure, wound |