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See also:skińandskín

English

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Anatomy of the humanskin
Moulted cicadaskins

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    FromMiddle Englishskyn,skinn, fromOld Englishscinn, fromOld Norseskinn(“animal hide”), fromProto-Germanic*skinþą, fromProto-Indo-European*sken-(“to split off”), nasal variant of*skeh₁i-d-(“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old Englishhȳd(“skin, hide”), from which deriveshide.

    Cognate withDutchschinde(“bark”), dialectal GermanSchinde(“fruit peel”); alsoBretonskant(“scales”),Old Irishcenn(“covering, shell”),Irishscáin(“to tear, burst”),Latinscindō(“to split, divide”),Sanskritछिनत्ति(chinátti,“to split”).

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    Noun

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    skin (countable anduncountable,pluralskins)

    2. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of thebody of anyanimal, including of ahuman.
      Hyponyms:epidermis,dermis,hypodermis;integument,tegument
      He is so disgusting he makes myskin crawl.
      • 2020,Abi Daré,The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page184:
        Herskin is pale like chickenskin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers.
    3. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of thefruit of aplant.
      Synonyms:peel,pericarp
    4. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used byhumans for clothing,upholstery, etc.
      Synonyms:hide,pelt
    5. (countable) Acongealed layer on the surface of aliquid.
      Synonym:film
      In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove theskin floating on top of it.
      Do you eat theskin on custard?
    7. (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies theappearance and/orlayout of thegraphical user interface of acomputer program.
      You can use thisskin to change how the browser looks.
    8. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map orgeometry) for a character model in avideo game.
      My friend likes to use a Spider-Manskin in Fortnite.
    9. (countable, slang)Rolling paper for cigarettes.
      Pass me askin, mate.
    10. (countable, slang)Clipping ofskinhead.
      • 2017, Christian Picciolini,White American Youth:
        By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic Cityskins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.
    11. (Australia) A subgroup of Australianaboriginal people.[1]
      Synonym:moiety
      • 1984, Maxwell John Charlesworth, Howard Morphy, Diane Bell,Religion in Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology, page361:
        The younger brother questions the correctness of the pursuit of the girls. "They may be of the wrong subsection," he suggests. "We can take wrongskins," says the older brother, but the younger still holds back.
    12. (slang)Bare flesh, particularly barebreasts.
      Let me see a bit ofskin.
    13. Avessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
      • 1843,Richard Henry Horne,Orion:
        the Bacchic train,
        Who brought theirskins of wine, and loaded poles
        That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes
    14. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
      • (Can wedate this quote?), “Textile Technology Digest”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name):
        Theskin of the sail is made of stretch-resistant Mylar
    15. (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.
    16. (aviation) The outer surface covering much of thewings andfuselage of anaircraft.
    17. A drink ofwhisky served hot.
    18. (slang, Ireland, British) Aperson; chap.
      He was a decent oldskin.
      • 2019, Joe Murragh, Colin Barrett, 54:50 from the start, inCalm With Horses (film), spoken by Paudi (Ned Dennehy):
        PAUDI:”I fucking love the pair of ye! You’re good lads. You’re loyalskins”
    19. (UK, thieves' cant, obsolete) Apurse.
      • 1863, George William MacArthur Reynolds,The Mysteries of the Court of London, volume 3, page86:
        […] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber[…] frisked the yokel of his yack andskin.

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    Translations

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    outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal
    outer protective layer of fruit
    skin and fur of an animal used by humans
    congealed layer on the surface of a liquid
    image used as the background of graphical user interface
    rolling paper for cigarettes
    skinhead (clipping of)
    subgroup within an Australian aboriginal people
    alternate appearance for a 3D character model in a video game
    slang: bare flesh
    vessel made of skin
    nautical: part of a sail
    nautical: covering outside the framing
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    Verb

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    skin (third-person singular simple presentskins,present participleskinning,simple past and past participleskinned)

    1. (transitive) Toinjure the skin of.
      Synonyms:bark,chafe,excoriate,graze,scrape
      He fell off hisbike andskinned his knee on the concrete.
    2. (transitive) Toremove the skin and/orfur of an animal or a human.
      Synonyms:flay,fleece,flense,scalp
      Coordinate terms:bone,gut,pluck,shear
    3. (colloquial) Tohigh five.
    4. (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
      Can Iskin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
    5. (UK, soccer, transitive) To usetricks to go past a defender.
      • 2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, inBBC‎[1]:
        The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavinskinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.
    6. (intransitive) To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
      A wound eventuallyskins over.
      Lefotver acrylic paint will oftenskin as it partially dries.
    7. (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
    8. (US, slang, archaic) To produce, inrecitation,examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to usecribs,memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
    9. (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
    10. (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To sneak off.
    11. (transitive, art) Toremove the toplayers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium orcanvas.
    12. Short forskin up(“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)

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    Translations

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    to injure the skin of
    to remove the skin of
    to high five—seehigh five
    to use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of
    soccer: to use tricks to go past a defender
    to become covered with skin
    to cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially
    to produce the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs
    to strip of money or property (colloquially)

    References

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    1. ^1994,Macquarie Aboriginal Words,Macquarie University, paperback→ISBN, Introduction.

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    Anagrams

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    Abinomn

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    Noun

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    skin

    1. star

    Cimbrian

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    Etymology

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    FromNorwegian Bokmålski +‎-an(infinitive suffix).

    Verb

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    skin

    1. (Luserna) toski

    Noun

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    skin n

    1. (Luserna)skiing

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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

    Noun

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    skin n (singular definiteskinnet,not used in plural form)

    1. light,glare
      Synonym:skær
      1. (figurative)semblance
        Coordinate terms:illusion,blændværk

    Verb

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    skin

    1. imperative ofskinne

    Dutch

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    DutchWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedianl

    Etymology

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    Boroowed fromEnglishskin.

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    Noun

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    skin m orf (pluralskins,diminutiveskinnetje n)

    1. (computing)skin
    2. clipping ofskinhead

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    Icelandic

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    Etymology

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    Deverbal fromskína(“to shine”).

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    Noun

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    skin n (genitive singularskins,nominative pluralskin)

    1. shine,shimmer,brightness

    Declension

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    Declension ofskin (neuter)
    singularplural
    indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
    nominativeskinskiniðskinskinin
    accusativeskinskiniðskinskinin
    dativeskiniskininuskinumskinunum
    genitiveskinsskinsinsskinaskinanna

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    Middle English

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    Noun

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    skin

    1. alternative form ofskyn

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Verb

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    skin

    1. inflection ofskina:
      1. present
      2. imperative

    Old Saxon

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Fromskīnan.

    Noun

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    skīn n

    1. shine

    References

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    Köbler, Gerhard (2014),Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 5th edition

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishskin.

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    skin f (pluralskins)

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

    Swedish

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    Verb

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    skin

    1. imperative ofskina

    Tok Pisin

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    Etymology

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      FromEnglishskin.

      Noun

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      skin

      1. skin
        • 1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,Jenesis2:21:
          Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim genskin bilong dispela hap.
          →New International Version translation

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      Volapük

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      Noun

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      skin (nominative pluralskins)

      1. skin

      Declension

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      Declension ofskin
      singularplural
      nominativeskinskins
      genitiveskinaskinas
      dativeskineskines
      accusativeskiniskinis
      vocative1oskin!oskins!
      predicative2skinuskinus

      1 status as a case is disputed
      2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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