skin

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English skinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą (cf. Old English scinn (“hide”), Dutch schinde (“bark”), German dialect Schinde (“fruit peel”)), from Proto-Celtic *skento- (cf. Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to split off”) (cf. Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”), Latin scindere (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit  (chinátti, “he splits”)), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”). More at shed.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

skin (countable and uncountable; plural skins)

  1. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
    He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
  2. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
  3. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
  4. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
    In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
  5. (countable, computing) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
    You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
  6. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
    Pass me a skin, mate.
  7. (countable, slang) Short for skinhead.
  8. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin. [1]
  9. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
  10. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
    Let me see a bit of skin.

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Terms derived from the noun skin

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Translations [edit]

outer covering of the body of a person or animal
the outer protective layer of any plant or animal
skin 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
a subgroup within an Australian aboriginal people
An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
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Verb [edit]

skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)

  1. (transitive) To injure the skin of.
    He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
  2. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
  3. (colloquial) To high five.
  4. (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?
  5. (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
    • 2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, BBC:
      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. Arshavin skinned 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.
    A wound eventually skins over.
  7. (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.

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Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

to injure the skin of
to remove the skin of
to use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of

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References [edit]

  1. ^ 1994, Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, Introduction.

Danish [edit]

Noun [edit]

skin n (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)

  1. light, glare
  2. semblance

Verb [edit]

skin

  1. imperative of skinne

Dutch [edit]

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Noun [edit]

skin m, f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje)

  1. Skin (computing).
  2. Short for skinhead.

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Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From skína (“to shine”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

skin n

  1. shine, shimmer, brightness

Declension [edit]

declension of skin
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skin skinið skin skinin
accusative skin skinið skin skinin
dative skini skininu skinum skinunum
genitive skins skinsins skina skinanna

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Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From skīnan.

Noun [edit]

skīn n

  1. shine

Swedish [edit]

Verb [edit]

skin

  1. imperative of skina.

Tok Pisin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English skin

Noun [edit]

skin

  1. (anatomy) skin
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:21 (translation here):
      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 gen skin bilong dispela hap.

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Volapük [edit]

Noun [edit]

skin (plural skins)

  1. skin

Declension [edit]

declension of skin
singular plural
nominative skin skins
genitive skina skinas
dative skine skines
accusative skini skinis
predicative skinu skinus
vocative o skin! o skins!

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from skin
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