skin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: skin	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for skin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skin n a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" Synonym(s): skin, tegument, cutis an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" body covering of a living animal Synonym(s): hide, pelt, skin a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin" the rind of a fruit or vegetable Synonym(s): peel, skin a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal v climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter] bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" Synonym(s): skin, scrape remove the bark of a tree Synonym(s): bark, skin strip the skin off; "pare apples" Synonym(s): skin, peel, pare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skin \Skin\, n. [Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin.] 1. (Anat.) The external membranous integument of an animal. Note: In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue. 2. The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat. 3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See {Bottle}, 1. [bd]Skins of wine.[b8] --Tennyson. 4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants. 5. (Naut.) (a) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. --Totten. (b) 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. {Skin friction}, {Skin resistance} (Naut.), the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel. {Skin graft} (Surg.), a small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See {Graft}, v. t., 2. {Skin moth} (Zo[94]l.), any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus. {Skin of the teeth}, nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. --Job xix. 20. {Skin wool}, wool taken from dead sheep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skin \Skin\, v. i. 1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. 2. To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skinning}.] 1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal. 2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak. 3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]