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skin

(sk/I/n )

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch(noun.body)

Example:
Your skin is the largest organ of your body.

Synonym:
cutis, tegument

source: wordnet30
an outer surface (usually thin)(noun.artifact)

Example:
The skin of an airplane.

source: wordnet30
body covering of a living animal(noun.animal)

Synonym:
hide, pelt

source: wordnet30
a person's skin regarded as their life(noun.state)

Example:
He tried to save his skin.

source: wordnet30
the rind of a fruit or vegetable(noun.food)

Synonym:
peel

source: wordnet30
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
The external membranous integument of an animal.(noun)

source: webster1913

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling(verb.motion)

Synonym:
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle

source: wordnet30
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of(verb.contact)

Example:
The boy skinned his knee when he fell.

Synonym:
scrape

source: wordnet30
remove the bark of a tree(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bark

source: wordnet30
strip the skin off(verb.contact)

Synonym:
flay, pare, peel

source: wordnet30
To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.(verb)

source: webster1913

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