Skin

  • 51skin — See: by the skin of one s teeth, get under one s skin, jump out of one s skin, keep one s eyes peeled or keep one s eyes skinned, save one s neck or save one s skin, with a whole skin or in a whole skin …

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  • 52skin*/*/*/ — [skɪn] noun [C/U] I 1) the outer layer of a person s or animal s body She has beautiful soft skin.[/ex] fair/dark skin[/ex] a skin disease[/ex] 2) the outer layer that is cut from an animal s body, used for making clothing and decorations Syn:… …

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  • 53skin —    1. American    a male contraceptive sheath    Whence the punning skin diver who uses that form of contraception.    2. pornographic    From the implication of nudity. Thus a skinflick is a pornographic film, which used to be shown in skin… …

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  • 54skin — n 1. integument, epidermis, cuticle, scarf skin, Anat. corium, derma, cutis; hide, pelt, jacket, fleece, fell, fur, leather, vellum, shagreen; slough, Pathol. desquamation, exuviae. 2. rind, peel, Bot. epicarp, hull, bark, cortex, shell, husk;… …

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  • 55skin — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, G, G note, IUD, ablate, abrade, abrase, acne, acne vulgaris, bag, bark, barrel, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beeline, best, bill, birth control device, blame, bleed, bleed white,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56skin — [11] The ancestral English word for ‘skin’ is hide. Skin was borrowed at the end of the Old English period from Old Norse skinn (source of Swedish skin and Danish skind). The etymological notion underlying the word is of ‘peeling’ or ‘slicing’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57skin — n. the outer covering of the body, consisting of an outer layer, the epidermis, and an inner layer, the dermis. Beneath the dermis is a layer of fatty tissue. The skin has several functions. The epidermis protects the body from injury and also… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 58skin — 1. noun 1) leopard skins Syn: hide, pelt, fell, fleece 2) a banana skin Syn: peel, rind 3) milk with a skin on it Syn …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 59skin — plikė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Odos pusgaminis, gaunamas nuo odos pašalinus plaukus. atitikmenys: angl. blosse; dehaired skin; hide; pelt; skin; unhaired skin; untanned hide rus. голье …

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  • 60skin — The outer surface or body panel. See door skin natural oxide skin seat skin skins …

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