English dictionary
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English noun: skin | |||
| 1. | skin (body) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch | ||
| Samples | Your skin is the largest organ of your body. | ||
| Synonyms | cutis, tegument | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body covering, connective tissue | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agnail, buff, cuticle, dewlap, foreskin, foreskin, hangnail, investment, prepuce, prepuce, scalp, skin graft, thick skin | ||
| Part holonym | blackhead, comedo, corium, crease, crinkle, cuticle, derma, dermis, epidermis, freckle, free nerve ending, furrow, lentigo, line, liver spot, macula, macule, milium, Pacinian corpuscle, pore, pressure point, scab, seam, skin cell, sudoriferous gland, sweat gland, whitehead, wrinkle | ||
| Part meronym | integumentary system | ||
| Substance holonym | melanin | ||
| 2. | skin (artifact) an outer surface (usually thin) | ||
| Samples | The skin of an airplane. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Part meronym | aircraft | ||
| 3. | skin (animal) body covering of a living animal | ||
| Synonyms | hide, pelt | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body covering | ||
| 4. | skin (state) a person's skin regarded as their life | ||
| Samples | He tried to save his skin. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aliveness, animation, life, living | ||
| 5. | skin (food) the rind of a fruit or vegetable | ||
| Synonyms | peel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rind | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | banana peel, banana skin, jacket, lemon peel, lemon rind, orange peel, orange rind | ||
| Part meronym | edible fruit | ||
| 6. | skin (artifact) a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bag | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | water skin, waterskin, wineskin | ||
English verb: skin | |||
| 1. | skin (motion) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | ||
| Synonyms | clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | climb | ||
| 2. | skin (contact) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | ||
| Samples | The boy skinned his knee when he fell. | ||
| Examples | Did he skin his foot? | ||
| Synonyms | scrape | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | injure, wound | ||
| 3. | skin (contact) remove the bark of a tree | ||
| Examples | They skin the trees | ||
| Synonyms | bark | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strip | ||
| 4. | skin (contact) strip the skin off | ||
| Samples | Pare apples. | ||
| Examples | The chefs skin the vegetables | ||
| Synonyms | pare, peel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strip | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flay, peel off | ||
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