Skin Definition
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English
Etymology
From Old Norse skinn.
Pronunciation
Noun
skin (countable and uncountable; plural skins)
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (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.
- (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.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- Pass me a skin, mate.
- (countable, slang) Short for skinhead.
- (Australian) A subgroup within an Australian aboriginal people, also called a section, subsection, or moiety. These divisions are cultural, not related to a person's physical skin. (Reference: Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, introduction.)
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
Synonyms
- (outer covering of living tissue): dermis, integument, tegument
- (outer protective layer of a plant or animal): peel (of fruit or vegetable), pericarp
- (skin of an animal used by humans): hide, pelt
- (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid): film
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun skin
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Verb
to skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- Can I skin the program to put the picture of my cat on it?
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Translations
to injure the skin of
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Danish
Noun
skin n. (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)
- Shine, light, glare.
- Surface, resemblance.
Dutch
Noun
skin m. and f. (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje, diminutive plural skinnetjes)
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Icelandic
Etymology
From skína (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
skin n.
Declension
declension of skin| singular | plural | |||
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| 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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Tok Pisin
Noun
skin
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Skin is the soft outer covering of vertebrates. Other animal coverings such as the arthropod exoskeleton or the seashell have different developmental origin, structure and chemical composition. The adjective cutaneous means "of the skin" (from Latin cutis, skin). In mammals, the skin is the largest organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of ectodermal tissue, and guards the underlying muscles, bones, ligaments and internal organs. Skin of a different nature exists in amphibians, reptiles, and birds. All mammals have some hair on their skin, even marine mammals which appear to be hairless. Because it interfaces with the environment, skin plays a key role in protecting the body against pathogens and excessive water loss. Its other functions are insulation, temperature regulation, sensation, and the production of vitamin D folates. Severely damaged skin may heal by forming scar tissue. This is often discoloured and depigmented.
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