noun1. a. the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (the dermis and epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc. It is mainly protective and sensory in function
b. (as modifier)
a skin disease
See also dermis, epidermis ▶ Related adjectives:
cutaneous, dermatoid 2. a person's complexion
a fair skin
3. any similar covering in a plant or lower animal
4. any coating or film, such as one that forms on the surface of a liquid
5. unsplit leather made from the outer covering of various mammals, reptiles, etc
Compare hide2 (sense 1) 6. the outer covering of a fur-bearing animal, dressed and finished with the hair on
7. a container made from animal skin
8. the outer covering surface of a vessel, rocket, etc
9. a person's skin regarded as his or her life
to save one's skin
10. (often plural) informal (in jazz or pop use) a drum
11. informal short for skinhead
12. slang a cigarette paper used for rolling a cannabis cigarette
13. Irish slang a person; sort
he's a good old skin
14. computing a configuration of colours, fonts, background images, etc that can be used to customize the appearance of a particular application
15. by the skin of one's teeth
16. get under one's skin
17. jump out of one's skin
18. no skin off one's nose
19. skin and bone
20. thick skin
21. thin skin
verbWord forms: skins, skinning or skinned22. (transitive) to remove the outer covering from (fruit, etc)
23. (transitive) to scrape a small piece of skin from (a part of oneself) in falling, etc
he skinned his knee
24. (often foll by over) to cover (something) with skin or a skinlike substance or (of something) to becomecovered in this way
25. (transitive) slang to strip of money; swindle
adjective26. relating to or for the skin
skin cream
27. slang, mainly US involving or depicting nudity
skin magazines