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skin

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q1074}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The outer protective layer of the [[body]] of any [[animal]], including of a [[human]].
  2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The outer protective layer of the [[fruit]] of a [[plant]].
  3. {{lb|en|countable}} The skin and fur of an individual animal used by [[humans]] for clothing, [[upholstery]], etc.
  4. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[congeal]]ed layer on the surface of a [[liquid]].
  5. {{senseid|en|Q1155702}} {{lb|en|countable|computing|graphical user interface}} A set of resources that modifies the [[appearance]] and/or [[layout]] of the [[graphical user interface]] of a [[computer program]].
  6. {{lb|en|countable|video games}} An alternate appearance ([[texture map]] or [[geometry]]) for a character model in a [[video game]].
  7. {{lb|en|countable|slang}} [[rolling paper|Rolling paper]] for cigarettes.
  8. {{lb|en|countable|slang}} {{clipping of|en|skinhead}}.
  9. {{lb|en|Australia}} A subgroup of Australian [[aboriginal]] people.<ref>'''1994''', ''Macquarie Aboriginal Words'', [[w:Macquarie University|Macquarie University]], paperback {{ISBN|0-949757-79-9}}, Introduction.</ref>
  10. {{lb|en|slang}} [[bare|Bare]] flesh, particularly bare [[breast]]s.
  11. {{clipping of|en|drumskin}}
  12. {{senseid|en|vessel}} A [[vessel]] made of skin, used for holding liquids.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[injure]] the skin of.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[remove]] the skin and/or [[fur]] of an animal or a human.
  3. {{lb|en|colloquial}} To [[high five]].
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|computing|colloquial}} To apply a skin to (a computer program).
  5. {{lb|en|UK|soccer|transitive}} To use [[trick]]s to go past a defender.
  6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
  7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
  8. {{lb|en|US|slang|archaic}} To produce, in [[recitation]], [[examination]], etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use [[crib]]s, [[memoranda]], etc., which are prohibited.
  9. {{lb|en|slang|dated}} To strip of money or property; to cheat.
  10. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete|slang}} To sneak off. <!--Chambers 1908-->
  11. {{lb|en|transitive|art}} To [[remove]] the top [[layer]]s of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or [[canvas]].
  12. {{short for|en|skin up||travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle}}

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